War against gays and lesbians
Indeed, do homosexuals not have the right to make their choices as to who they want to spend their lives with as husbands and wives, or as boyfriends and girlfriends even if they are of the same sex?
official name: Department of Reunion capital: Saint-Denis head of state: President Jacques CHIRAC of France state: Overseas department of France population: 732,570 (July 2001 est.) languages: French (official), Creole widely used religion: Roman Catholic 86%, Hindu, Muslim, Buddhist (1995) currency: French franc (FRF); euro (EUR) media: NA
legal wise
status of homosexuality: legal age of consent: 15 laws covering homosexual activity: French law apllies - no sodomy laws. background information and government attitudes: NA
communication
mainline telephones: 236,500 (1997) cellular telephones: 85,000 (1999) internet country code: .re internet service providers: 1 (2000) internet users: 10,000 (2000)
by Mask Admin 6/1/2005
January 6, 2005: Reunion is a French territory and homosexuality is legal, but at least one foreign resident of the island left after tiring of masking his sexual orientation.
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War against gays and lesbians
