22 June 2019

Boris Johnson backs Anderton Park School teachers in LGBT row

Tory leadership favourite Boris Johnson has today voiced his opinion on the Anderton Park School LGBT row.

He was speaking to BirminghamLive at the Conservative Party Leadership election hustings at the ICC in Birmingham.

We got to ask him specifically about families in Birmingham - and his thoughts on the campaigners against the controversial No Outsiders programme being taught in selected schools in the city.

"People should be allowed to choose who they love," he said.

He added: "I was one of three rebel politicians fighting for equal marriages and I have always believed that we should be in favour of inclusion.

"Schools should be asked to reflect the world as it is and, to be reasonable, that's the way things are now.

"I don't approve of children being taken out of school."

Earlier this month, West Midlands Mayor Andy Street blasted the protests as 'homophobic' and demanded that 'they stop now. [Birmingham Mail] Read more