Article ‘offensive’ (Press, 9 May 1987)
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Summary: Article ‘offensive’ (Press, 9 May 1987)
On 9 May 1987, a Dutch court issued a ruling that prohibited the further distribution of a magazine which contained an article insinuating that AIDS was a punishment from God for homosexuals. This decision came as a result of a civil suit filed by Fred van Zijl, a resident of Amsterdam who identified as homosexual. The court, located in Swolle, characterised the comments made in the magazine as “hurtful, offensive and highly insensitive.” Consequently, the court ordered the fundamentalist preachers, Lucas and Jenny Goeree, to stop disseminating the particular issue of their gospel magazine that contained the offending article.
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