Editing Bernard Montgomery (section)

====Social opinions====
In retirement, Montgomery publicly supported [[apartheid]] after a visit to South Africa in 1962, and after a visit to China declared himself impressed by the Chinese leadership led by Chairman [[Mao Zedong|Mao Tse-tung]].<ref>{{harvnb|Heathcote|1999|p=219}}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Baxter|1999|p=125}}</ref> He spoke out against the legalisation of homosexuality in the United Kingdom, arguing that the [[Sexual Offences Act 1967]] was a "charter for buggery"<ref>{{harvnb|Hamilton|2002|p=169}}</ref> and that "this sort of thing may be tolerated by the French, but we're British—thank God".<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Columbia dictionary of quotations|author=Robert Andrews|publisher=Columbia University Press|page=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780380709328/page/419 419]|isbn=978-0-380-70932-8|date=October 1990|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780380709328/page/419}}</ref>

Montgomery was a non-smoking [[teetotaller]], a [[vegetarian]],<ref>Haswell, Jock. (1985). ''The Tangled Web: The Art of Tactical and Strategic Deception''. J. Goodchild. p. 106. {{ISBN|978-0-86391-030-2}}</ref> and a [[Christianity|Christian]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.christianstogether.net/Articles/336755/Christians_Together_in/Esther_4_14/How_a_Man.aspx |title=How a Man of Prayer was used by God|date=8 December 2012|access-date=28 June 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230321041212/https://www.christianstogether.net/Articles/336755/Christians_Together_in/Esther_4_14/How_a_Man.aspx |archive-date= 21 March 2023 |url-status= live}}</ref>