Gay rights law protesters branded 'hypocrites'

Religious groups have been accused of homophobia and double standards over a demonstration outside Parliament against new gay rights laws.

Religious groups protesting against gay rights laws

Protesters will ask the Queen to stop the legislation

Christians, Muslims and Jews are staging a protest today over laws they claim will force them to "actively condone and promote" homosexual sex.

The protest has angered gay rights campaigners. Peter Tatchell of the group OutRage! said the demonstration, against the Sexual Orientation Regulations, was the result of "scaremongering, lies and hypocrisy".

And the Rev Martin Reynolds, communications director for the Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement, accused the demonstrators of pursuing a "deeply disturbing" agenda.