Strictly Come Dancing: no plans for same-sex couples, BBC says

There are no plans to acquaint same-sex couples with Strictly Come Dancing, the BBC has said.

The telecaster was reacting after hopeful the Rev Richard Coles contended it made "no sense" that anybody would oppose having artists of a similar sexual orientation taking to the floor together in the hit program.

Coles, who was one portion of the 1980s band the Communards, is in a same-sex marriage and is among the 15 competitors partaking in the current year's version of Strictly Come Dancing, which began on Saturday.

He has been combined to hit the dance floor with Dianne Buswell, yet revealed to Digital Spy he had "a talk" with supervisors on the show about having same-sex couples participating.

Coles was talking after kindred challenger Susan Calman, who is a lesbian, had been reprimanded via web-based networking media for not having a female expert accomplice.

He told the site: "We've had a dialog about it, really, and I don't have the foggiest idea. It has neither rhyme nor reason that anyone opposes the thought, on a fundamental level.

"It's only an issue of doing it. I figure this year would be a decent year to do it really, with the 50th commemoration of the Sexual Offenses Act (which decriminalized sex between two men matured more than 21)."

A representative for the BBC stated: "Entirely has picked the conventional organization of blended sex couples and right now we have no plans to present same-sex couples in the opposition."

Entertainer Calman said she had considered hitting the dance floor with a lady, however it was her decision to hit the dance floor with a man.

She stated: "I thought about hitting the dance floor with a lady, however from the principal minute when I was gotten some information about the show I said I needed to hit the dance floor with a man."

Talking about remarks made via web-based networking media, she stated: "Individuals can condemn me all they need, yet I've worked enthusiastically for LGBT fairness my entire life and right now I might want to move and expedite amusement to individuals by moving a Saturday night.

"Moving's not really about sex; it's acting. When I do an attractive tango with my accomplice I'll be acting and, in a general sense, I've watched the show for a considerable length of time and I need to figure out how to move."

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