the GENEVA The Swiss stands against homophobia. Called to vote in a referendum, voters in switzerland have approved by a majority of over 63% – the new law against discrimination based on sexual orientation. A challenged norm instead by conservative and populist politicians who have warned of the risk of “censorship” and attack “against the freedom of expression and freedom of conscience.” The Lgbt community will get better protection against those who insult, attack, or exclude publicly people for their sexual orientation.
The votes in favor were 1.413,609. The opposition, after the defeat with 36,9% of the votes (827.361), was more rooted in the rural areas of central and eastern Switzerland. The highest rates of approval were recorded in the regions and in the urban areas of French and Italian language. The current law punished only religious discrimination or racial. The activists of the Lgbt community have described the result as a “clear signal against hatred” and added that they will continue their political struggle for marriage between persons of the same sex, a topic that will be discussed next month in Parliament.
“Today they are not only the rights of lesbian, gay and bisexual people to be strengthened, but those of all minorities”, has leaped the co-president of the swiss Organization of lesbian, Salome Zimmermann, quoted by the swiss news agency Keystone-Ats.
“The Republic will fight always in defense of the freedom of information, to its readers and to all those who have at heart the principles of democracy and civil coexistence”
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