In Brief
Almost equal The government said it would no longer contest a suit before the European Court of Human Rights claiming it was discriminatory to set the age of consent at 16 for heterosexuals, but at 18 for homosexuals. But it refused to abandon its opposition to homosexuals in the armed forces, despite another case pending before the court.
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From the July 19th 1997 edition
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