Brazil’s president says criminalizing homophobia could ‘hurt’ gays 0 SHARES Share it! Share TweetBy Agence France-PresseBrazil’s far-right President Jair Bolsonaro on Friday criticized the Supreme Court’s decision to criminalize homophobia, saying it could “hurt” gays by deterring companies from hiring them. Speaking to reporters on Friday, Bolsonaro said employers would “think twice” before hiring a gay person for fear they could be accused of homophobia. Bolsonaro also raised again the possibility of nominating an evangelical judge to the country’s highest court to help “balance” the bench. The three judges that voted against the measure agreed with Bolsonaro on his point that criminalizing homophobia was Congress’s job, not the court’s.

Source: Manila Bulletin June 14, 2019 23:15 UTC