For the people who judged and condemned this man within a national joint disciplinary commission held on December 9, to be or not to be is not a question that should be asked.
According to their verdict, being a head of an educational institution and homosexual seems to be worse than being an incompetent or dangerous teacher.
However, I cite from a reliable source named “Légifrance” an excerpt from the bill concerning discriminatory behavior with sexist or homophobic characteristics: “Discriminatory behaviors constitute in a democratic society attacks that cannot be tolerated because they directly challenge the dignity of the human person in its most sacred aspect.
The violence and discrimination they generate lead to significant individual damages with a considerable social cost.”
Moreover, and I still quote from the same source:
“Freedom of opinion is guaranteed to civil servants.
No direct or indirect distinction can be made between civil servants based on their political, union, philosophical, or religious opinions, their origin, their sexual orientation, their age, their surname, their health, their physical appearance, their disability, or their real or presumed membership or non-membership to an ethnicity or race.”
But what about the duty of discretion, the context of which is more obscure than its name?
The duty of discretion is a kind of safeguard for those who dare to speak about their concerns in their professional environment outside of it, risking thereby drawing attention to troubled or litigious situations.
In brief, for those who still claim to represent a so-called free state and defender of the rights of men and citizens; they are advised not to talk about their work at all.
They can explain their function and sugarcoat around the activities that occupy them during their hours but in no case attach a prefix (occupy…preoccupy).
In the case of this man who recounted his life, it is inadmissible that one could infringe his right to work under the pretext that during the hours when he is free to just be a man, his sexual affinity is not that of those who judge him.
The blog is, remains, and continues to be a space for free expression, an open diary, just like any press.
Free will is, remains, and continues to be an adult’s prerogative, so clicking a cross to close the document or reading content depends only on the freedom that everyone has, or else I still have not understood the meaning of this word that people keep boasting about.
To learn more:
– The article by one of the readers of this blog
– The article from Le Nouvel Observateur
– The article from Le Figaro
– The article from Midi Libre
– If you would like to sign the online petition
Elise
