Government spokesman Olivier Véran deemed "null" and "anachronistic" the refusal of some football players to wear a rainbow jersey on the occasion of the weekend of fight against homophobia, recalling that it was "a crime" and not an opinion. "It sucks. I was reading just now an article where someone, a coach I believe, said that homophobia was an opinion: no, it is a crime, "said the minister on the set of France2.
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It is anachronistic: we live in a time today (...) where everyone is free to love each other as he wishes," he added. Several players from Toulouse, Nantes or Guingamp refused to play with the rainbow flocked jersey this weekend, even if the vast majority of L1 and L2 players participated in this annual campaign "Homos or straight, we all wear the same jersey".
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Asked about the need to impose sanctions on recalcitrant players, Olivier Véran explained that if he were "coach or director of a football team, I would say to my players: it's important to do it, it's the message you send to young people".
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He recalled that "many young people today still suffer from homophobia in their daily lives and all means are good to normalize what is already normal".