REGARDING your report headlined 'Gay law outrage' (LET, February 11), the Conservative group on Blackburn with Darwen Council are mistaken in claiming "adults can make informed decisions about their own sexual orientation."

People can no more make decisions about their sexuality than they can make decisions about the colour of their eyes or their skin.

ALLAN HORSFALL, President, Campaign for Homosexual Equality, PO Box 342, London WC1.

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