May: I've changed my mind over gay rights'

Posted by Emily Jones

Conservative MP and new minister for equality Theresa May has said that she has had a change of heart regarding same-sex couples looking to adopt.

Appearing on BBC One's Question Time, the politician was interrogated over her history of voting against gay adoption in 2002 and the repeal of Section 28, which prohibited public bodies from promoting homosexuality, in 2000.

The home secretary, who is also in charge of equality under the new coalition government, has received criticism for her voting record but said that the decisions were in the past and she has now changed her mind about the issues.

"If those votes were today, yes, I have changed my view and I think I would take a different vote," she told the audience.

Before becoming a cabinet member following this year's general election, May held the positions of shadow secretary for education and employment, shadow secretary for work and pensions and shadow leader of the House of Commons.
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23/06/2010 14:57

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