• GarbageShoot [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    depending on the judge

    To treat it as a valid legal defense is an abomination and judges have countless times ruled in favor of the perpetrator on just the basis of that defense.

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      1 year ago

      That’s not a legal exception, that’s just a corrupt judge. Do you not have those in Canada?

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        Do you understand how precedent works in the US court system? I mean, I fully agree that US judges and laws are corrupt, but it doesn’t change the fact that those laws and judges are still upheld by the state

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          Yes I understand. I asked a question, would you like to answer it? Did you not notice that people use this same defense in other countries?

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              We’ve already been over this several times now, there are no homophobic laws in the US.

              The topic of conversation is a warning to “queer” people about going into the US, as if it is more dangerous than the country they’re leaving. So yes, it matters.

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                There are no homophobic laws in the US

                You can keep telling that to yourself, it doesn’t change the reality

                Also US is objectively more dangerous than Canada for LGBTQIA+ people