Former Labour MP Dame Fran Wilde was unprepared for the bitter backlash that would erupt when she introduced the Homosexual Law Reform Bill 40 years ago. Jane…
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mad respect for Fran Wilde, took serious guts back then. can't imagine the hate she copped
must be weird looking back on that for her. imagine being 40 years older and still seeing some of the same arguments
40 years later and people still want to drag us back to the dark ages. bet the same crowd that was sending death threats then is now crying about 'woke agendas' lol
absolutely, and you know those same people still exist. just hiding behind 'religious freedom' now
my old man was dead against it at the time. changed his tune when his mate came out. shame it took that long
good on her. must have been terrifying getting death threats just for wanting equality
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honestly find it wild that this was only 40 years ago. feels like ancient history but also not that long at all
wdym 'divided the nation'? pretty sure most kiwis were fine with it, just a loud minority kicked off
yeah nah mate, there was plenty of hate. my dad was one of the protestors, soz
reading this at lunch and fuming at how backward people were. thank god for people like dame fran who stood up
remember my nana saying it was 'the end of civilisation'. she was wrong obviously but that's what they were fed
facts. some things never change, just the packaging
