ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents closing thoughts of key concepts discussed in this book. The book demonstrates that religion continues to exercise considerable influence in lawmaking in respect of homosexuality. Religious discourse has more often been deployed to shape law in ways that are detrimental to sexual orientation equality. The book shows the emphasis of much religious discourse since that time has shifted from the moral regulation of private sexual behaviour towards shaping law in ways that maintain hetero normative social privilege. The consequence of religious discourse has been able to continue to exercise important influences on lawmaking at a time when homophobia is widely derided. Some would argue that the religious intolerance of homosexual sex conforms to the definition of homophobia as extreme and irrational aversion to homosexuality. The book shows religious discourse in action during lawmaking and, its focus is an analysis of the content of UK parliamentary debates.
