I’m with Elton John. Dolce and Gabbana’s remarks on IVF children were vile | Owen Jones

The fact that Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana are gay is irrelevant. Their dehumanising remarks will only help to fuel prejudice and bullying

For my generation, the very idea that anyone could oppose interracial marriage seems all but unthinkable.

And yet in the 1980s – according to the British Social Attitudes survey – half the population were against it. Millions believed that such relationships represented some sinister threat to the gene pool; that it was somehow cruel to bring up mixed-race children. Even in the 1990s the level of opposition was around 40%, before collapsing more recently to around 15%.

To question or undermine people’s humanity is menacing stuff

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