Pierre De Vos, Author at MambaOnline - LGBTQ South Africa online https://www.mambaonline.com/author/pierre-de-vos/ South Africa's leading LGBTQ news and community platform Thu, 05 Aug 2021 10:44:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.mambaonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/cropped-mamba_logo_output-32x32.png Pierre De Vos, Author at MambaOnline - LGBTQ South Africa online https://www.mambaonline.com/author/pierre-de-vos/ 32 32 Pierre de Vos on the Jon Qwelane Constitutional Court judgment https://www.mambaonline.com/2021/08/05/pierre-de-vos-on-the-jon-qwelane-constitutional-court-judgment/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2021/08/05/pierre-de-vos-on-the-jon-qwelane-constitutional-court-judgment/#respond Thu, 05 Aug 2021 10:44:34 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=105720 Constitutional law expert, Pierre De Vos analyses the recent landmark Constitutional Court judgement that found Jon Qwelane guilty of homophobic hate speech.

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]]> https://www.mambaonline.com/2021/08/05/pierre-de-vos-on-the-jon-qwelane-constitutional-court-judgment/feed/ 0 Christian privilege | Court will force Beloftebos to stop discriminating against LGBTQ people https://www.mambaonline.com/2020/01/30/christian-privilege-court-will-force-beloftebos-to-stop-discriminating-against-lgbtq-people/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2020/01/30/christian-privilege-court-will-force-beloftebos-to-stop-discriminating-against-lgbtq-people/#comments Thu, 30 Jan 2020 17:19:25 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=98643 Constitutional law expert Pierre De Vos explains why the owners of the Beloftebos wedding venue will almost certainly lose any legal bid to allow them to turn away LGBTQ people.

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]]> https://www.mambaonline.com/2020/01/30/christian-privilege-court-will-force-beloftebos-to-stop-discriminating-against-lgbtq-people/feed/ 1 Pierre De Vos: Why the hate speech provision was declared unconstitutional and what happens next https://www.mambaonline.com/2019/12/03/pierre-de-vos-why-the-hate-speech-provision-was-declared-unconstitutional-and-what-happens-next/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2019/12/03/pierre-de-vos-why-the-hate-speech-provision-was-declared-unconstitutional-and-what-happens-next/#respond Tue, 03 Dec 2019 16:20:36 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=97937 Constitutional law expert Pierre De Vos looks at what led the Supreme Court of Appeal to dismiss the Jon Qwelane homophobic hate speech conviction and what it means for the LGBTQ+ community.

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]]> https://www.mambaonline.com/2019/12/03/pierre-de-vos-why-the-hate-speech-provision-was-declared-unconstitutional-and-what-happens-next/feed/ 0 Opinion | Why court ruled against Dutch Reformed Church in same-sex marriage case https://www.mambaonline.com/2019/03/13/why-court-ruled-against-dutch-reformed-church-in-same-sex-marriage-case/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2019/03/13/why-court-ruled-against-dutch-reformed-church-in-same-sex-marriage-case/#respond Wed, 13 Mar 2019 14:46:02 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=93365 Pierre De Vos writes on why the High Court ruled against the Dutch Reformed Church in a same-sex marriage case and what it may mean for other churches.

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]]> https://www.mambaonline.com/2019/03/13/why-court-ruled-against-dutch-reformed-church-in-same-sex-marriage-case/feed/ 0 Opinion | ‘Inxeba’ censorship a legal fiasco motivated by homophobia https://www.mambaonline.com/2018/02/28/opinion-inxeba-censorship-legal-fiasco-motivated-homophobia/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2018/02/28/opinion-inxeba-censorship-legal-fiasco-motivated-homophobia/#respond Wed, 28 Feb 2018 15:26:12 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=81539 Last week the Appeal Tribunal of the Film and Publication Board (FPB) finally published its reasons for reclassified the movie Inxeba (The Wound) as X18. An X18 classification means that the movie was found to be hardcore pornography and may only be shown in licenced premises where other pornography is shown or sold. Previously the […]

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]]> https://www.mambaonline.com/2018/02/28/opinion-inxeba-censorship-legal-fiasco-motivated-homophobia/feed/ 0 No, a peaceful protest on church grounds does not infringe on religious grounds https://www.mambaonline.com/2017/02/13/peaceful-protest-church-grounds-infringe-religious-grounds/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2017/02/13/peaceful-protest-church-grounds-infringe-religious-grounds/#respond Mon, 13 Feb 2017 11:00:29 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=71594 After a group of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) activists recently held a “silent protest” outside Soweto’s Grace Bible Church, some people argued on social media and on radio talk shows that the protest violated the religious rights of the church and its congregants. This argument raises interesting questions about the right of […]

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]]> https://www.mambaonline.com/2017/02/13/peaceful-protest-church-grounds-infringe-religious-grounds/feed/ 0 Does God want his churches to discriminate? https://www.mambaonline.com/2015/12/07/god-want-churches-discriminate/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2015/12/07/god-want-churches-discriminate/#respond Mon, 07 Dec 2015 16:49:21 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=59674 The Constitutional Court last month declined to hear a case of unfair discrimination brought by Ecclesia De Lange against the Methodist Church. De Lange challenged the Church after it fired her as a Minister when she told her congregation in 2009 that she intended marrying her same-sex partner. Although Church officials knew that she and […]

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]]> https://www.mambaonline.com/2015/12/07/god-want-churches-discriminate/feed/ 0 GAY CABINET MINISTERS: SO WHAT’S THE BIG DEAL? https://www.mambaonline.com/2014/06/03/gay-cabinet-ministers-whats-big-deal/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2014/06/03/gay-cabinet-ministers-whats-big-deal/#comments Tue, 03 Jun 2014 13:35:58 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=42300 Several media outlets recently reported that Lynne Brown became the first openly lesbian cabinet Minister in South Africa after President Jacob Zuma appointed her as Public Enterprises Minister. In an ideal world the sexual orientation of a Cabinet Minister – like that of any other person – would be irrelevant. But we do not live […]

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]]> https://www.mambaonline.com/2014/06/03/gay-cabinet-ministers-whats-big-deal/feed/ 4 QWELANE MAY WIN HATE SPEECH CHALLENGE https://www.mambaonline.com/2013/09/04/pierre-de-vos-qwelane-may-win-hate-speech-challenge/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2013/09/04/pierre-de-vos-qwelane-may-win-hate-speech-challenge/#comments Wed, 04 Sep 2013 10:18:56 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=32413 Constitutional law expert Pierre De Vos argues that disgraced former journalist Jon Qwelane may be successful in his bid to overturn his 2011 hate speech conviction for his notoriously homophobic 2008 article “Call me names, but gay is NOT okay…” Jon Qwelane, South Africa’s Ambassador to Uganda (that bastion of respect for the human dignity of all), […]

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]]> https://www.mambaonline.com/2013/09/04/pierre-de-vos-qwelane-may-win-hate-speech-challenge/feed/ 1 WHY PRIVATE BUSINESSES CANNOT DISCRIMINATE AGAINST GAYS & LESBIANS https://www.mambaonline.com/2013/05/02/why-private-businesses-cannot-discriminate-against-gays-lesbians/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2013/05/02/why-private-businesses-cannot-discriminate-against-gays-lesbians/#respond Thu, 02 May 2013 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=31087 Recent incidents have revealed that many businesses believe they can refuse to serve gays and lesbians due to the owners’ religious beliefs. Constitutional expert Pierre De Vos explains why this is both unethical and against the law.

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