Originally Posted by wirefree
The number of homophobes on this board has disappointed me, who seem to think there's nothing wrong of the offensive nature of the FA's intervention
Rather childish to label everyone who disagrees with you a "homophobe"

. This is an approach followed by some singularly unpleasant regimes. I suspect you do not know some of the posters in this thread very well.
I think you may have missed the point. He was prosecuted for disobeying a
lawful command, and he
admitted it was a lawful command by his plea. He has the same or very similar rights under the Human Rights Act in the English courts as he enjoys in South Africa, yet he chose not to challenge the legislation in the English courts or indeed mount any defence.