365Gay.com: (London) Police have dropped hate speech charges against a man who called a mounted policeman’s horse gay. Sam Brown, a senior at Oxford, made the remark to the officer when the student was on his way home after a night of partying with friends celebrating the end of exams last May. He allegedly approached the officer and said, “Excuse me, do you realize your horse is gay?” A few moment later two police cars approached and he was charged with making “homophobic comments” under the Public Order Act. Brown refused to pay a fine of about $140 and the Crown Prosecutor prepared for trial. But Wednesday in court, the charges were dropped.