Posted on 01/24/2015 5:54:53 AM PST by ilovesarah2012
A French court has handed out convictions for anti-gay hate crimes on Twitter for the first time, after three people used the hashtag “let’s burn the gays”.
In what a major French LGBT rights group called a “significant victory”, three people were convicted in a Paris court this week after they accompanied tweets with hashtags including “let’s burn the gays on…“ or "#brûlonslesgayssurdu).”
During the same period in August 2013, “#Lesgaysdoiventdisparaîtrecar”, or “gays must die because…”, was also trending.
French LGBT charity Comité Idaho, which organises the nation’s International Day Against Homophobia, brought the case to court after it filed a complaint against the users for inciting hatred and violence on the basis of sexual orientation.
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These weren’t anti-gay, they were death threats and incentices to violence.
Same clowns who marched for “freedom of speech”.
I agree. Disagreeing with the homosexual lifestyle is one thing - threatening people is another. My concern is this could open the door to prosecute people who say homosexuality is wrong, such as preachers. I believe it has happened in Canada. I fear it will happen here.
Seems it opens a door to prosecute Muslims for some of their
social media comments.
But I won’t hold my breath.
I never here of someone being tried for that.
If try were Muslims they would never have been charged.
A French SWAT team is being readied to enter muslim no-go zones and snatch up anti-gay offenders, even as we speak.
“Pierre..do not forget the white flag.”
agit prop.
But Jews aren’t a protected class.
Just the opposite in fact.
NONSENSE. By that loose standard, they could convict Randy Newman for "Short People."
The French are a mentally sick lot and it is no surprise they would commit suicide by Islam.
free speech unity rally. WHAT A GANG OF HYPOCRITICAL ********
Go to hell, France
#frogsdiewhentheirheadsarecutoff
#letsjustletinmoreheadchoppers
French LGBT charity Comite I-da-ho. Sorry, couldn’t help it.
Vive la suck.
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