Switzerland Considers 3-Year Jail Sentence for Homophobia

Michael Foust : Oct 11, 2018
Christianheadlines.com

Let that sink in for a moment.

(Switzerland)-[Christianheadlines.com] Switzerland's lower house passed a bill in September that would add homophobia and transphobia to the national criminal code and require a fine or up to three years in prison for offenders. (Photo: Chamber Swiss Council of States/Wikipedia)

The bill passed the National Council, 118-60, and now goes to the upper house, the Council of States, according to the newspaper Le Temps. Five members abstained.

The bill would place sexual orientation and gender identity alongside race, ethnicity and religion in the criminal code and ban "incitement to hatred or discrimination against a person or group of persons," according to Le Temps... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here.

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