2023-05-15 16:08:41
“Homophobia is not an opinion”. These are the terms used by government spokesman Olivier Véran, this morning on the France 2 set, to blame and designate certain football players who had refused to wear the rainbow jersey. The controversy comes after the weekend of fight against homophobia. Homophobia, the criminal nature of which the Minister recalled.
“It sucks. I was reading an article earlier where someone, a coach I believe, said that homophobia was an opinion: no, it’s a crime, ”he said.
“It’s anachronistic: we live in a time today (…) where everyone is free to love themselves as they wish,” he added. Several players from Toulouse, Nantes or even Guingamp refused to play with the rainbow flocked jersey this weekend, even if the vast majority of L1 and L2 players took part in this annual campaign “Gays or heteros, we all wear the same jersey.
Asked about the need to impose sanctions on recalcitrant players, Olivier Véran explained that if he was “coach or director of a football team, I would say to my players: it is important to do so, this is the message you are sending to young people ».
The government spokesperson recalled that “many young people today still suffer from homophobia in their daily lives and all means are good to help normalize what is already normal”. On good terms.
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