{"id":203976,"date":"2021-06-24T07:30:02","date_gmt":"2021-06-23T21:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/starobserver.com.au\/?p=203976"},"modified":"2021-06-25T08:45:43","modified_gmt":"2021-06-24T22:45:43","slug":"european-union-countries-condemn-hungarys-new-anti-lgbt-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.starobserver.com.au\/news\/european-union-countries-condemn-hungarys-new-anti-lgbt-law\/203976","title":{"rendered":"EU Countries Condemn Hungary’s New Anti-LGBT Law"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hungary’s right-wing government last week passed a law banning the dissemination and representation of queer people in educational material and on children’s TV<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The law was condemned by the European Union and other countries as “grotesque”.<\/p>\n

The Parliament claimed the law\u2019s intent was to protect children from homosexual and transgender content that \u201cmay have a detrimental effect on their development at the given age, or which children simply cannot process, and which could therefore confuse their developing moral values or their image of themselves or the world\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the run up to the upcoming elections, the country’s nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban has spearheaded a conservative agenda and that has targeted LGBTQI+ people and immigrants.<\/span><\/p>\n

Orban\u2019s party promotes a Christian-conservative agenda that defends “Hungary\u2019s Christian values in a Europe that is allegedly under attack from left-wing liberalism”.<\/span><\/p>\n

The national assembly of Hungary overwhemingly passed the legislation 157 votes to one, <\/span>triggering a mass rally outside the Hungarian parliament.<\/span><\/p>\n

The European Union in shock<\/b><\/p>\n

The passing of the law has been met with criticism from the European Union countries, who have been urged to raise the issue at a meeting in Luxembourg next week.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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This Hungarian bill is a shame. <\/p>\n

It discriminates people on the basis of their sexual orientation & goes against the EU's fundamental values.<\/p>\n

We will not compromise.<\/p>\n

I will use all the legal powers of @EU_Commission<\/a> to ensure that the rights of all EU citizens are guaranteed. pic.twitter.com\/RzWPpue0CD<\/a><\/p>\n

— Ursula von der Leyen (@vonderleyen) June 23, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n