[inglor_cz]

The fates of Wilde and Turing are two big black stains on the history of the UK (not the only ones, of course).

Turing even more, as by 1950, the society was much less religious overall and there was less reason to keep homosexuality illegal.

[KaiserPro]

> society was much less religious overall and there was less reason to keep homosexuality illegal.

I'm not actually sure it was an entirely religious thing. It seems like it was an amendment tacked onto a bill that would protect girls from sexual exploitation by this guy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Labouch%C3%A8re

specifically https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labouch%C3%A8re_Amendment

The conflation of sex and religion I think its probably a mistake in this instance.

[inglor_cz]

I am not really well-versed in British legal history. I was under the impression that the original Buggery Act was motivated religiously, and that Wilde was prosecuted under that Act (maybe amended).

[vlovich123]

I think you meant to say their treatment was two big black stains. A bit awkwardly worded implying the men themselves were the stains.

[inglor_cz]

Thanks. I fixed that. I am not a native speaker and I sometimes fall into such traps, but this I could have seen.