Joe.My.God. LGBT News
Reuters reports:
Hungary’s National Election Committee (NEC) approved on Friday the government’s list of questions on LGBT issues it wants to put on a referendum as part of what Prime Minister Viktor Orban has called an “ideological war” with the European Union.
Orban, a nationalist who has been in power since 2010, proposed a referendum on ruling party legislation that limits schools’ teaching about homosexuality and transgender issues, stepping up a culture war with the EU.
Facing a tough election next year, Orban has increasingly sought to promote social policies that he says safeguard traditional Christian values against Western liberalism.
Euronews reports:
Hungarians will be asked whether they support the holding of sexual orientation workshops in schools without parents’ consent, and whether they believe gender reassignment procedures should be promoted among children.
They will also be asked whether content that could affect sexual orientation should be shown to children without any restrictions, and whether gender reassignment procedures should be made available to children.
The amendments, which have caused anxiety in the LGBT community, ban the use of materials seen as promoting homosexuality and gender change at schools, ostensibly as a measure to prevent child abuse.
The whole point of human rights is to protect people from majority overreach. Hungarian PM Viktor Orban knows that, but in response to EU criticism of his new anti-LGBT law, he proposes a referendum on it, as if a vote can legitimize a rights violation. https://t.co/kteEfo7Nnb pic.twitter.com/VHQxOx2ypL
— Kenneth Roth (@KenRoth) July 26, 2021