The crime of "insulting"
someone through words or behaviour, which once led to the arrest of a
student for asking a police officer whether his horse was gay, is to be
dropped.
Home Secretary Theresa May confirmed to MPs that the government would not seek to overturn a Lords amendment scrapping the ban. The director of public prosecutions has said it will not hinder his work.
But Labour warned that it could remove protections for minority groups.
Section 5 of the 1986 Public Order Act currently means that "threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour" might be deemed a criminal offence.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-21020737
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