Not Every Question Out to Be For a Vote! BBC Radio Kent Knows That Now

No, not every topic should be put to a vote. Democracy can be good but too much of a good thing can make you sick. If Civil Rights questions were put to a vote like the anti-Gay government of Australia is doing for gay marriage, then there would still be water racial water fountains. We would not have equal rights laws passed by either the government or the Courts. At the time those history high marks were obtained for everyone sometimes against the majority if not all of those that felt superior to others.
It was deemed that if we were to have a nation of laws that are as fair as possible and treat every person as the US constitution asks then political action had to be taken by strong men of conviction in the government.

You would not expect a vote on your city council or in your neighborhood association that deprives you of shopping at any particular supermarket and to have one would be not just unfair it would be illegal in most places. With that in mind let's approach the question asked in tweeter.

Radio Kent Twitter poll:

 It asked whether gay conversion therapy is an acceptable practice 

                                         Yes?-__ No?__

"TV Doctor Dr. Ranj has told breakfast gay conversion therapy is akin to psychological abuse; Should gay conversion therapy be banned?"

The Gay Times said BBC radio had "asked the stupidest question".

The BBC deleted the tweet, which it said breached its own guidelines, and apologized for the offense it caused. 

It added: "We accept that the poll was not the most appropriate way of dealing with this sensitive issue."

One of the many Twitter users who took exception to the tweet was Guardian columnist Owen Jones, who asked: "Why are you doing this?"

Human rights organization Stonewall said it was unbelievable that the BBC thought it an appropriate topic for a poll.

Twitter users claimed the need for a poll was ridiculous.

People challenged whether other basic human rights should also be debated...
  

In 2015, 14 organizations, including NHS England, signed an agreement to stop gay conversion therapy being offered to patients.

Last month, BBC Radio Kent conducted a poll which asked: "Is it ever acceptable for people to 'Black up' even if it's for charity?" O-yes O-no

Dr. Ranj Singh, from Chatham, who is the resident doctor on ITV's This Morning programme, had called for gay conversion therapy to be made illegal, during an interview on BBC Radio Kent that was prompted by the prime minister's recent condemnation of the controversial practice.

He said: "It should be illegal, it is akin to almost psychological abuse.

"We have to understand that it is not always black and white, there are some people who are definitely heterosexual, there are some people who are definitely homosexual and they know their identities, and there are some people who are in between."

Adam