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Hungarian parliament empowers government to hold referendum on LGBT issues

cde.news desk 30 November 2021, 20:00 · 1 min read

epa09271763 Protesters opposing some of the amendments of a bill that would implement stricter measures against pedophile offenders gather in front of the parliament building in Budapest, Hungary, 14 June 2021. The amendments include some changes in the sexuality education curricula of schools, for example that they may not aim at the popularization of homosexuality. EPA-EFE/Szilard Koszticsak HUNGARY OUT

Hungary’s parliament passed a resolution on Tuesday that will empower the government to hold a referendum on LGBT issues, as Prime Minister Viktor Orban heads into a tough election race next year.

Earlier this year 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 European Union.

According to a proposal which Orban published earlier this Summer, the referendum would consist of five questions, which reporters have described as having a ‘leading tone’. One of the questions is: “Do you support minors being shown, without any restriction, media content of a sexual nature that is capable of influencing their development?”

Orbán is facing elections next spring against a newly formed opposition coalition, which could be a closely fought race.

via Reuters, Guardian

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