Gay people have rights too.(News)

From: Pretoria News (South Africa) | Date: February 12, 2008 | Copyright information

There's no place in our police service for officers who mock or intimidate gay people reporting hate crimes. The constitution is unequivocal: everyone is equal before the law and has the right to equal protection and benefit of the law; all citizens are equally entitled to the rights, privileges and benefits of citizenship; the state may not discriminate unfairly against anyone on the grounds of sexual orientation.

But human rights organisations complain that gay people who report homophobic attacks are not taken seriously by police. And a top constitutional lawyer says many ...

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