Tuesday, January 30, 2007

Illegal to Criticize Homosexuality in France

We read:

"A member of France's ruling party has been fined almost $4,000 for comments opposing homosexuality, under the country's hate speech law. Christian Vanneste was fined by a court in Douai, in northern France, and charged an additional $2,000 in court fees.

The case stemmed from comments Vanneste made in 2004, when the mayor of a small southwestern community performed a homosexual "marriage", later declared illegal. Vanneste said homosexuality was "inferior" to heterosexuality and said the practice would be "dangerous for humanity if it was pushed to the limit."

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To me Vanneste's comments seem not only reasonable but true. But truth never has mattered to the Left. And there is obviously no right to say what you think in France. And exactly WHY should ANY group be beyond criticism?

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