Mexico: Supreme Court rules that anti-gay slurs are hate speech
The top court in Mexico has ruled that two words, both anti-gay slurs which are commonly used in the country, are hate speech, and therefore should not be protected as freedom of speech under the constitution.
The ruling by the Supreme Court could mean that those offended by the use of the words could sue for moral damages.
Magistrates voted 3-2 on Wednesday evening, supporting a claim by a journalist from Puebla, who sued a reporter from a different publication who had referred to him as a “punal”, and other people at his newspaper as “maricones”.
Both of the words in question roughly translate into the word “faggot” in English, reports the Associated Press.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2013/03/08/mexico-supreme-court-rules-that-anti-gay-slurs-are-hate-speech/
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Congratulations Mexico!
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