Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)

On the basis of the case law of the European Court of Human Rights in the Dudgeon and Norris cases, where the court rejected the idea that certain acts which were lawful for heterosexuals were unlawful for homosexuals, a strong case can and will be made for the proposition that it is illegal to provide that an act which is lawful for a girl is unlawful for a boy.

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