Tag Archives: Switzerland

Primarily thanks to residents of Bern and Zurich, today Switzerland’s voters very narrowly rejected a tax bill which contained a “Trojan horse” section which defined marriage as exclusively between a man and a woman. Swiss Info reports: What had seemed like a sure “Yes” in January became a close contest after an energetic “No” committee argued that the terms of …

Back in August, Swiss Bishop Vitus Huonder declared that the bible “unambiguously” calls for homosexuals to be executed. Huonder later apologized, saying that he’d been misunderstood, but Pink Cross, a national federation of LGBT rights groups, had already sued under Switzerland’s recently approved hate speech law. On Friday their suit was dismissed and Pink Cross has now filed an appeal. …

Freedom To Marry may have already held its “going out of business” party, but founder Evan Wolfson still has marriage battles to fight. Via the Guardian: US embassies in Europe have invited an instrumental figure in the movement to legalize same-sex marriage to visit three countries where it is not yet legal. Evan Wolfson, founder of marriage equality campaign group …

According to a fevered press release issued today by hate group leader Brian Brown, unless Congress passes the First Amendment Defense Act, it will soon be illegal to call for executing homosexuals in the United States. And that would be a terrible thing. Brown writes: Many people still have their head in the sand when it comes to the damage …

Early this month Swiss Bishop Vitus Huonder gave a speech in which he declared that Catholic doctrine “unambiguously” supports biblical passages which call for executing homosexuals. Several days later a Swiss LGBT rights group filed for criminal hate speech charges against him. Huonder has now issued a formal written apology. The Local reports: In a three-page letter sent to 800 …

You guys, Bill Donohue is VERY UPSET that calling for the execution of homosexuals can result in criminal charges in Switzerland. He writes: “They want him behind bars. His offense? He quoted from the Bible. The accused: Swiss Bishop Vitus Huonder. The accusers: gay activists in Europe and the United States. On July 31, Bishop Huonder spoke at a Catholic …

Gay Star News reports: A Swiss bishop is being sued for allegedly claiming gay men should be put to death. Pink Cross, the Swiss Gay Federation, is filing a criminal complaint against Vitus Huonder, the Catholic Bishop of Chur, for reportedly making homophobic comments while quoting passages from the Bible. In his 50-minute address in Germany on 31 July, he …

Swiss Info reports: Vitus Huonder, the controversial Catholic bishop of Chur in eastern Switzerland, has once again attracted criticism for quoting homophobic Bible passages and denouncing non-traditional family models. At the “Joy in Faith” forum in the German city of Fulda, he quoted a passage from the Bible which said homosexuals should be punished by death. In his 50-minute address …

Via Gay Star News: Switzerland has voted for a law to protect LGBTI people from discrimination. The parliament voted with 103 in favor, 73 against and nine abstentions to ensure nobody is targeted with hate speech and discrimination on the basis of their sexual or gender identity. It was an amendment to a law that already protected people of different …

Bearforce 1 is back and this is their contest entry to represent Switzerland at Eurovision 2015. The group broke up in 2009 after landing several minor European chart hits including the 2007 disco medley, Christmas Is Here. Only original lead singer Robert Brown is part of the new lineup.

Swiss bluegrass. Who knew? And whistling?

Yesterday the activist group All Out delivered 320,000 petition signatures to IOC headquarters in Switzerland. The petition demands that Russia repeal its national anti-gay bill before the start of the Sochi Olympics and calls on the IOC to issue a condemnation of the law. “Ironically, the global outcry is transforming Sochi into an amazing platform for Russians and athletes to …

Swiss high schoolers manually open and close their windows to create a giant stop-motion effect. They explain how it was done at the end.(Via Buzzfeed)

After 24 hours of withering ridicule, Michele Bachmann has withdrawn her Swiss citizenship. Ladybird, however, is shopping for lovely new dirndl. “I sent a letter to the Swiss Consulate requesting withdrawal of my dual Swiss citizenship, which was conferred upon me by operation of Swiss law when I married my husband in 1978,” she said. “I took this action because …

Crazy Eyes has exercised some heterosexual privilege. Staffers for Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann are confirming a Swiss television news report that Bachmann is now a citizen of Switzerland. Bachmann’s congressional spokeswoman Becky Rogness said Bachmann now enjoys dual citizenship with the US and Switzerland. “Congresswoman Bachmann’s husband is of Swiss descent so she has been eligible for dual-citizenship since they …

Pleasant enough, but again lacking the Eurocheese.

George W. Bush will not be visiting Switzerland after all. Former President George W. Bush canceled a February 12 visit to a Jewish charity gala in Switzerland, reportedly out of fears that legal action would be taken against him for his role in authorizing torture. Human rights groups, including Human Rights Watch, the International Federation of Human Rights, and Center …

JMG reader Photi tips us to this bizarrely hot clip from the Swiss dance duo Milk67. NSFW due to partial nudity and copious man-on-man macking. This clip’s storyline is certainly, uh, interesting.

Thirty years after he fled the United States to avoid prison for having sex with a 13 year-old girl, yesterday Oscar-winning director Roman Polanski was arrested entering Switzerland. The Academy Award-winning director pleaded guilty in 1977 to a single count of having unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor, acknowledging he had sex with a 13-year-old girl, but fled the United …

Yello, Bostich, 1980. The song that launched my decade-long obsession with this Swiss trio/duo. The 1980 album version of Bostich was only just over two minutes long, but the track was extended slightly for this video done four years later. And for about 15 years I had been convinced that Dieter Meier was saying, “Everybody! Pizza party!” Only when Ruffneck …