I’m not sure that we’re much behind here (Canada), but it really seems like they’ve gone completely off the rails in the UK. Sex offenders are released with a warning, thieves and robbers of all sorts get off with little more than a slap on the wrist (I remember watching one of those “Police Chase” videos done mostly in England, where they mentioned when the penalties were for the offenders they caught - pitiful), and yet they can send 4 (Four!) Bobbies to bust a kid’s balls for calling a schoolmate “gay”. Something seriously out of whack in that country.
Then again, the Brits always do have to let things go too far before reacting in the other direction. Look how far trade unionism got out of hand in the UK before Margaret Thatcher came along to give them a well-deserved boot to the arse.
Sadly, as I said at the beginning, while it’s not quite that bad here in Canada yet (yes, we do have hate speech laws, and yes they do protect homosexuals, but they’re not as zealously enforced, yet), I worry that we’re heading the same way, and the US is probably not far behind. Unlike many on this forum, I don’t really have a real issue with gays, for the most part - it’s the incursions against freedom of speech that bother me. Freedom of speech is a concept that used to enjoy strong support in most of the English-speaking world, but incrementally it is being eroded. The Gaystapo won’t be happy until everyone effusively agrees that homosexuality is an unmitigated good, and likely superior to heterosexuality.
I'm afraid I have some bad news for you. They won't be satisfied until everybody is homosexual and heterosexuality is outlawed.
I do not exaggerate.
Strict homosexual practice is a powerful weapon in the arsenal against overpopulation.