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Fears of return to anti-gay school legislation

Opponents of same-sex marriage are trying to "reintroduce Section 28 by stealth", gay rights campaigners have warned.

The law, which was part of the Local Government Act 1988, stipulated that local authorities should "not intentionally promote homosexuality" or "promote the teaching in any maintained school of the acceptability of homosexuality as a pretended family relationship".

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