French Parliamentarian Fined Thousands of Euros for 'Homophobia'

[buffalo]

French Parliamentarian Fined Thousands of Euros for ‘Homophobia’

LILLE, France, January 26, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A court in Lille handed down its sentence on a French Parliamentarian Tuesday, fining him 3000 Euros and forcing him to pay an additional 6000 Euros to be split between three homosexual activist groups who brought the charges against the MP. Christian Vanneste, a member of the UMP representing the Lille region was found guilty in December on charges of violating a French law barring “hate speech” against homosexuals.

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[Tristan_daCunha]

Lifesite tries to split hairs by saying that Christian Vanneste condemned homosexuality not homosexuals. But that is a tough distinction to make and to stick to - as we often see in these forums.

The Telegraph, a UK newspaper which skews to the right, missed the distinction in its coverage:

A French MP faces jail and a heavy fine after being accused of offending homosexuals by saying they represent a “threat to humanity”.

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[Brain]

sexuality that involves sterile acts exclusively, thus not reproductive.
id say a failure of a species to reproduce is a threat to the spieces.

 

[Crow]

SFD!!!

A law that prevents anyone from saying that the ‘homosexual act’ is wrong!!! This is much too far gone… Press the ‘abandon ship’ button already will ya???

 

[dafalax]

I’d have to go to prison over that one, because there’s no way i’d give money to three homosexual activist groups.
Incidentally, why doesn’t anyone know what the word homophobia means? There’s a difference between recognizing a disorder and verbalizing that recognition and hanging some poor kid up on a fence. Then you have the Westboro Baptists who picketed his funeral telling his family that he was in hell, so now anyone who thinks homosexual acts are wrong is lumped in with those meatheads. I find the 4th sorrowful mystery particularly helpful when dealing with this mess. Just keep walking . . .

 

[Scott_Waddell]

Tristan daCunha:

Lifesite tries to split hairs by saying that Christian Vanneste condemned homosexuality not homosexuals. But that is a tough distinction to make and to stick to - as we often see in these forums.

Evidence? A single example?