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French Senate debates compensation for gay men jailed under homophobic laws (www.france24.com)

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An estimated 60,000 gay men were convicted by French courts between 1942 and 1982 under homophobic laws that were repealed just four decades ago. On Wednesday, French senators will discuss a bill acknowledging…

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Why is a debate required for this? Everyone should agree on something like that.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)

There always has to be a debate. There are many details explained in the article.

Is this enough compensation

It seems part of the proposed law could be redundant.

Of course there will be people against it because they're homophobic but there will also be legitimate questions asked.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago

Yeah that makes sense

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago

Because people are stupid/closeted homophobes