Offend a homosexual and you will go straight to jail or prison. That's exactly what christians will face for speaking out against gays and lesbians in Brazil if their Senate passes a bill and then is approved unanimously by its House of Representatives.
The measure is considered the country's newest attempt to promote homosexuality, disguised as an act to combat discrimination according to the Catholic News Agency reports. The Association of the Defense of Life reportsIf that anyone who prevents actions of "homosexual affection" in public or private locations open to the public, they could face up to five years in prison for doing so. This bill will also seek out to penalize private and public school administrators who refuse to hire openly gay teachers with up to three years in prison.  According to the Catholic News Agency, the measure will force prison time for any "moral, ethical, philosophical or psychological expression that questions homosexual practices." This bill will also spell out major problems for churches and teachers. The Association of the Defense of Life says, "[A] priest, a pastor, a teacher or even an average citizen who says in a sermon, a classroom or public conversation that homosexual acts are sinful, disordered or an illness could be denounced and detained." According to a WND report the president of Brazil said "opposing" homosexuality makes you a sick person, and he believes such thoughts need to be criminalized. Brazilian chief Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva held the First National Conference of Gays, Lesbians, Bisexuals, Transvestites and Transsexuals to condemn the biblical belief that homosexuality is wrong. He said "prejudiced" people need to "open their minds and clean them." Other speakers at the event encouraged homosexuals and claim to be part of a civil rights campaign that already has brought reforms for treatment of blacks, the elderly and the disabled. They also announced the nation's public hospitals soon would begin to perform sex changes on people.
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