A lawmaker from Manila has filed a bill providing rights to heterosexuals to freely express their thoughts on homosexuality and the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex community based on their religious beliefs.
A lawmaker from Manila has filed a bill providing rights to heterosexuals to freely express their thoughts on homosexuality and the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex community based on their religious beliefs.
practice and enjoy their religious profession and worship without interference or abridgment with the right to exclude therefrom others of different beliefs or faith; freely express their views, verbally or in writing, privately or publicly, in print or broadcast media, or in social media platforms that now exist or may hereafter be developed about homosexuality, bisexuality, and on transgenders and queers according to their religious beliefs and practices and to biblical principles and standards.
He was referring to the SOGIE bill which seeks to penalize discrimination committed against the LGBTQI community. These instances of discrimination include: imposing disciplinary sanctions or penalties harsher than customary on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity or expression; and Abante's bill states that violation of the proposal will be penalized with imprisonment of five to seven years and a fine of P100,000 to P200,000.
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