Homosexual Law Reform activist, Bill Logan, says as a matter of principle, historical convictions regarding homosexual acts should be pardoned. Homosexual Law Reform meeting His comments come just days after the Justice Minister revealed there is little hope of a “broad-brush wiping” of historical convictions for homosexual acts, stating: “Its impossible to tell whether they involved consensual acts or not after the event, because of the way the law was written.” For many New Zealanders in 1985 and 1986 Bill Logan became the voice and face of Homosexual Law Reform and was one of the coordinators of the Wellington Gay Task Force. He says Adams doesn’t know what proportion of convictions would have been guilty under today’s law. “As a matter of principle those who lives were wrecked as young men on the basis of outrageous laws should be pardoned, without having to go through any special process.”
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First published: Friday, 11th December 2015 - 9:43am