Why Do Gays Need Longer to Grow Up?; BREEN THERE & DONE THAT

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Gays in Britain are celebrating winning another key battle this week. The Government has announced that it won't be contesting a case before the European Commission of Human Rights which claims that different ages of consent for homosexuals and heterosexuals is discriminatory.

A free vote will be held in the House of Commons in the autumn to make the age of consent for gays, currently 18, the same as it is for straights - 16.

This will bring Britain into line with most other European countries. But while gays in Great Britain have reasons to rejoice, their counterparts here are anxious. They are worried that, as happened with abortion, another progressive law won't …