Austrian Homosexual group wants legal protection of religion removed
Image via Wikipedia The Austrian Constitutional Court rejected a case last week that sought to extend the country’s anti-discrimination laws to protect homosexuals. Rechtskomitee Lambda (RKL), an Austrian homosexual interest group, asked the court to overturn the legal protections for racial and religious minorities found in Criminal Code Article 283, “ Incitement to Hatred ,” and in the Federal Equal Treatment Act, on the grounds that these protections were themselves discriminatory since they did not include homosexuals among the protected groups. The lawsuit was launched last year after legislative efforts to extend the protections found in the criminal code and the Equal Protection Act to homosexuals failed in the Austrian Parliament . In a recent statement, the group listed instances of alleged discrimination against the eight applicants in an attempt to prove the need for legal protection for homosexuals in the country. Examples included the refusal of an apartment lease