Equine homophobia case dropped
Not politics, but certainly news. This story has to be the second weirdest one of the day (after this - which is particularly dark).
Apparently a student in Oxford referred to a police horse as homosexual, and was taken to court for his offensive remarks - "Excuse me, do you realise your horse is gay?". Police claimed passers-by might have been offended by his attitude towards homosexuality in horses.
Horses: Not gay
Fair enough, using the idea of homosexuality as abusive doesn't help anyone, and is horribly outdated. But, come on - it's a horse! A horse!
