Mainstream Journalist Warns about "Gay Rights Sharia"

Charles Moore

“Traditional parenting is being drowned out by ‘gay rights sharia,’ the respected journalist Charles Moore has said. Commenting on the recent spat between fashion designers Dolce and Gabbana and Elton John over the rights of gay parents to have children, Mr. Moore opined that the holding of socially conservative views is now ‘teetering on the edge of criminality.’ ... Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana hit international headlines last week when, during a magazine interview, they described children born via IVF treatment as ‘chemical’ children and said that, despite being gay themselves, they supported traditional families. ... Their comments drew the ire of the gay rights lobby, mostly via singer Elton John who called on people to ‘boycott’ the pair’s high end fashion line. ‘How dare you refer to my beautiful children as ‘synthetic.’ ... Your archaic thinking is out of step with the times, just like your fashions. I shall never wear Dolce and Gabbana ever again. #BoycottDolceGabbana.’ His boycott was backed by a number of celebrities including Martina Navratilova and Ricky Martin. Yet writing in today’s Telegraph, Mr. Moore insisted that ‘to think that a heterosexual man and a heterosexual woman, preferably married to one another, are--other things being equal--the best parents, is common sense. It derives from an inherited knowledge of the complementary nature of the sexes, the need for security and burden-sharing, and the fact that blood is thicker than water.’ ... But he pointed out that holding the common sense position was now close to being tantamount to thought crime. ... ‘Socially conservative moral views are now teetering on the edge of criminality, and are over the edge of disapproval by those who run modern Britain.’ ... Mr. Moore predicts that, as the children raised by gay couples, grow up, more and more will ‘be finding their voice,’ speaking up about ‘how difficult it was for them.’ One such voice is that of Heather Barwick, a former gay marriage activist turned children’s rights activist and mother of four.”

“Charles Moore: Gay Rights Sharia Has Silenced Common Sense,” Breitbart.com, Mar. 22, 2015

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