8 hours agoItaly makes hate speech against LGBT a crime, Vatican brings hard paper
Periskopi(5 years ago)
(5 years ago)The Vatican has made an unprecedented intervention, calling on the Italian government to amend the proposed law that would criminalise homophobics following concerns that it would violate the “freedom of expression” of the Catholic Church. Letter delivered by British bishop Paul Richard Gallagher, Vatican Secretary of State for Relations, said [...]
The letter delivered by British bishop Paul Richard Gallagher, Vatican Secretary of Relations with States, said parts of this legislation violated the treaty made by Italy with the Catholic Church during the 1920s providing church freedoms and rights, reports Corriere della Sera.
This action by the Vatican was confirmed Wednesday by the Vatican spokesman.
The law in question makes it a crime to disseminate the language of hatred against the LGBT community, but also against disabled people, Periscope follows.
The Vatican letter argued that the anti-homophobia law questioned the church's “self-organization” and threatened “the freedom of thought” among Catholics.
“They are worried that they will receive fines for hate language,” said an editor of the J.C.C.I., Robert Mickens.
The law in question is also problemled by feminist groups that say that <x0 gender identity” was a term that “armed people against women”. /Periscope
