The LREM bill, led by LREM deputy Laurence Vanceunebrock, prohibiting “conversion therapy, which aims to impose heterosexuality on lesbian, gay, bi and trans (LGBT +) people, will be debated in October by the deputies.
The decision was recorded Tuesday morning with breakfast for the majority.
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conversion therapy
" in the viewfinder
"
This is a first step to allow its completion, but it is also an opportunity to continue the work of raising awareness on the subject
", underlined the boss of the LREM group, Christophe Castaner in a statement sent to AFP. The proposed law provides for the creation of a specific offense punishable by two years 'imprisonment and a fine of 30,000 euros, or even three years' imprisonment and a fine of 45,000 euros in the case of a minor.
Calls are increasing in France to demand a law banning "
conversion therapy
" practiced by religious groups.
But it is difficult to know how many people have undergone these practices.
"
Dozens and dozens of testimonies have come out
", recently assured AFP Timothée de Rauglaudre, co-author of the book "
God is love
" and of the documentary "
Homotherapies, forced conversion
".
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The Minister in charge of Citizenship, Marlène Schiappa, announced Monday to entrust Miviludes with a mission "
on the unworthy practice
" of these "
conversion therapies
". Miviludes, an organ for combating sectarian aberrations attached to the Ministry of the Interior, will be assisted by the assistance and intervention unit in matters of sectarian aberrations (CAIMADES), attached to the Central Office for the Repression of Violence to people (ORCVP), and by the Central Office for the fight against environmental and public health attacks (OCLAESP).
From a parliamentary source, the LREM bill, led by LREM deputy Laurence Vanceunebrock, will be placed on the agenda of the National Assembly for the week of October 4. The decision was recorded Tuesday morning with breakfast for the majority.
