EU court: homosexuality can be grounds for asylum

Associated Press ^ | Nov 7, 2013 11:59 AM EST | Juergen Baetz

[Olog-hai]

Refugees facing imprisonment in their home country because they are gay may have grounds to be granted asylum in the European Union, the 28-nation bloc’s top court ruled Thursday.

The existence of laws allowing the imprisonment of homosexuals “may constitute an act of persecution per se,” if they are routinely enforced, the Luxembourg-based European Court of Justice said.

A homosexual cannot be expected to conceal his sexual orientation in his home country to avoid persecution since that would amount to renouncing a “characteristic fundamental to a person’s identity,” the EU court added. …

[DannyTN]

That wasn’t the asylum I was thinking of.

[Zuben Elgenubi]

Yeah, me either.

[wvguy]

You beat me to it. I really misunderstood that title. ;-)

[SeminoleCounty]

EU now will call itself Uranus....

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

You fellow Freepers are really slipping. I thought it would have been big news that the EU had a shortage of gays but none of you posted any articles about it. Can we send them some?

[Travis McGee]

Link to the full-text Free Republic thread.