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Trudeau to Gay People: Sorry, my bad
segnosaur:
Homosexual acts between 2 consenting adults were illegal up until the end of the 1960s. At that time, Trudeau Sr. decriminalized it.
Now, Trudeau is issuing a formal apology to the LGBT community and giving official pardons to those adversely affected by the law.
Its been roughly 5 decades, so there probably aren't a lot of people still alive who would have been charged under the law, so its partially a symbolic gester (although one that I think was deserved.)
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2017/06/14/trudeau-says-legislation-apology-coming-for-past-wrongs-against-lgbt-community.html
Michael Hardner:
I wonder about the value of these apologies.
Do people appreciate them?
Squidward von Squidderson:
--- Quote from: MH on June 16, 2017, 03:08:42 pm ---I wonder about the value of these apologies.
Do people appreciate them?
--- End quote ---
Yes, they do.
They also appreciate that they no longer have a criminal record.
Queefer Sutherland:
Trudeau JR is big on symbolic gestures that don't have do anything concrete. Pope please apologize for the residential schools while I order a study on murdered & missing aboriginal women...meanwhile studies & apologies don't feed mouths. Thing is, these types of things create good will but have little or no political or economic cost so it's easy to do & makes you look good.
But I'll give Trudeau credit for Bill C-16 which is actually something other than words.
JMT:
--- Quote from: Moonlight Graham on June 16, 2017, 11:08:46 pm ---Trudeau JR is big on symbolic gestures that don't have do anything concrete. Pope please apologize for the residential schools while I order a study on murdered & missing aboriginal women...meanwhile studies & apologies don't feed mouths. Thing is, these types of things create good will but have little or no political or economic cost so it's easy to do & makes you look good.
--- End quote ---
Indigenous people are the ones asking for the apology and the inquiry. It obviously means a lot to them.
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