While many agreed that the state should not be determining history, few believed that the previous acts had to be repealed. Some opposed the Gayssot Act and other laws, but thought repealing them would be perceived as a kind of condemnation of the ideas.
Many people agreed that the government shouldn't control historical narratives, yet few felt that previous acts needed to be repealed.  Some objected to the Gayssot Act and similar legislation, but believed removing them would be seen as an attack on the underlying principles they represented.