more manufactured outrage

If you're scaremongering, it helps to try and keep the story straight less you be revealed as a posturing idiot:

Primary school teachers may be required by new "sexual orientation" laws to make gay rights books available in class, a Christian group claimed yesterday.

Children would have to read books such as Hello Sailor, The Sissy Duckling and Daddy's New Roommate, which are on a Government-recommended reading list for challenging "homophobia".

Not quite sure why homphobia is in inverted commas - are we disputing that it exists?

More importantly, are children going to be forced to read these books or will they merely be in the room? Do they have to read the books or will the books merely be available? Hey, why not avoid that question entirely and go for some loosely worded bluster?

Colin Hart, director of The Christian Institute, said: "The thought that new regulations could make these books compulsory is outrageous."

Fortunately for the real world, that thought only exists in the mind of Colin Hart. While a lot of things might be theoretically outrageous ("the thought that Thursday could become compulsory nude day is outrageous") it's probably better to worry about the things that are actually true and actually happening - instead of things you've made up as a way of saying "gays are icky."

The Telegraph should be ashamed for printing such speculative nonsense; besides, the manufacture of shrill and baseless outrage is what we have the Daily Mail for.