The committee's opposition was not indiscriminate, as its petition did support preservation of criminal status for some homosexual acts, including cases between an adult and a minor under age 16. At the time of the original proposal, the age of consent was in fact two years lower than that for heterosexual people, at age 14; effectively they called for the age of consent to be raised as part of their campaign.
The committee's opposition wasn't random, and it supported keeping some homosexual acts criminal, including those between an adult and a minor under 16. At the time, the age of consent for heterosexual people was two years lower than that for homosexual people, at age 14; they argued for raising the age of consent as part of their campaign.