final year,parliament approved legislation to criminalise homophobia. Now, a small ultra-conservative political party gain decided to launch a referendum against the law. Party representative Marc Früh explains why. The legislation approved by parliament in December amounts to an extension of anti-racism norms to encompass discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation: a legal modification that allows for homophobia to be prosecuted just like racism, or anti-Semitism. For the rightwing Federal Democratic Union (see infobox),however, the new law is an attack on freedom of expression. Claiming that “valid opinions will in future be criminalised, or ” the group has decided (without the support of any other parties) to launch a referendum against it. The Federal Democratic Union The Christian,ultra-conservative party describes itself as the “party of ethical values”, founded on the Bible and the world of God. It occupies a marginal space in the Swiss political landscape: it ...
Source: swissinfo.ch