Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is not a die-hard homophobe. Nevertheless, he makes overtly homophobic remarks now and then, for reasons of political expediency. In an interview last fall, Orbán drew a parallel between homosexuality and pedophilia: “Hungary is a tolerant, patient country with regard to homosexuality,” he said. “But there is a red line that must not be crossed: Leave our children alone!”
That red line is the basis of a new law proposed by Orbán’s governing majority and passed by the Hungarian parliament on Tuesday. The bill led to an outcry in Hungary in recent days, with civil organizations, including Amnesty International, protesting against the majority’s move, and a petition signed by more than 100,000 people opposing the legislation. […]
The draft legislation presented in May originally only stipulated tougher penalties for pedophilia, in the wake of several cases of child abuse among Fidesz supporters, which were unsuccessfully covered up. The former Hungarian ambassador to Peru, Gabor Kaleta, was sentenced to a suspended prison sentence last year on child pornography charges — about 19,000 photos were found on his devices — a fact that was long kept under wraps. […]
According to the vague wording, promoting homosexuality and gender change surgery to minors will be forbidden in Hungary, and only organizations handpicked by the government will be allowed to give talks on such topics in schools. Advertisements that present homosexuality or gender change operations “as an end in themselves” are also to be banned for minors. …
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Notice that peoples who have lived under hard core socialist/ communist rule have a clue.
That red line is the basis of a new law proposed by Orbán’s governing majority and passed by the Hungarian parliament on Tuesday. The bill led to an outcry in Hungary in recent days, with civil organizations, including Amnesty International, protesting against the majority’s move, and a petition signed by more than 100,000 people opposing the legislation. […]
The draft legislation presented in May originally only stipulated tougher penalties for pedophilia, in the wake of several cases of child abuse among Fidesz supporters, which were unsuccessfully covered up. The former Hungarian ambassador to Peru, Gabor Kaleta, was sentenced to a suspended prison sentence last year on child pornography charges — about 19,000 photos were found on his devices — a fact that was long kept under wraps. […]
According to the vague wording, promoting homosexuality and gender change surgery to minors will be forbidden in Hungary, and only organizations handpicked by the government will be allowed to give talks on such topics in schools. Advertisements that present homosexuality or gender change operations “as an end in themselves” are also to be banned for minors. …
(Excerpt) Read more at dw.com ...
Notice that peoples who have lived under hard core socialist/ communist rule have a clue.
