Posted on 03/22/2017 5:50:56 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Chancellor Angela Merkel’s cabinet on Wednesday approved a measure to wipe the criminal records of gay men convicted under a Nazi-era law, and offer them compensation.
The proposal was presented by Justice Minister Heiko Maas, and would offer gay men convicted under the law a lump sum of €3,000 as well as an additional €1,500 for each year they spent in prison and thus “suffered a deprivation of liberty”.
The measure marks a triumph for activists after a decades-long struggle to clear the names of gay men who lived with a criminal record under Article 175 of the penal code.
An estimated 5,000 of those found guilty are still alive. …
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Now get rid of the Nuremburg law banning homeschooling.
better late than never
it is very very very late, however
(it was so hypocritical of the Nazis to murder the homosexuals when a number of the Nazis themselves were homosexuals)
I heard that the Nazis did not throw homosexuals into concentration camps because they were homosexuals. They were put into concentration camps because they were communist or some other “enemy of the state.” After they were in the camps the guards made them wear the pink badges as a means of further humiliation.
The Nazis got their start in the gay bars of Munich. Many homosexuals were Nazis.
Forgive the gays? Hell yes.
Forgive any commies/progressives/livs?
Eff no.
Gays can live their lives without affecting me.
Libs are like a cancer, and must be treated accordingly.
Heck, even radiation is a good solution for their slime.
Sorry, but no holds barred. This is war with an alien culture and we will not win until we take no prisoners.
Liberals die.
DIE, die die, die!
Germany’s Article 175 outlawed “sexual acts contrary to nature… be it between people of the male gender or between people and animals”.Meant to post that part; was in a hurry earlier. Odd that they only banned male homosexuality but not lesbianism.
Sex between women was not explicitly illegal.
Although it dated from 1871, it was rarely enforced until the Nazis came to power, and in 1935 they toughened the law to carry a sentence of 10 years of forced labor. …
People thought that gays could live their lives without affecting them, in Sodom and Gomorrah too.
That’s why the SS had FAAAbulous uniforms.
5000 are still living? Sounds like a bogus number to me.
Not happening.
The socialist still want to indoctrinate your kids.
If I was German with a young family I’d opt to be an ex-pat to Texas till they were grown.
The SA’s Rohm (?) and a number of his (ahem) underlings were as queer as two dollar bills.
It was one reason for the Night of the Long Knives.
Gee, can I get a refund of the speeding ticket I paid a couple of decades ago since the limit has subsequently been raised 15 mph?
Gee, can I get a refund of the speeding ticket I paid a couple of decades ago since the limit has subsequently been raised 15 mph?
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