- cross-posted to:
- worldnews@lemmit.online
- cross-posted to:
- worldnews@lemmit.online
Legal and social discrimination blight the small Baltic state’s LGBT+ community.
The Lithuanian government moved on Wednesday to discard a controversial law dubbed by critics as the “gay propaganda” law.
The notorious legislation - passed in 2009 - shields minors from information about same-sex marriage and LGBTQI issues.
Controversy surrounds its provision against info that “expresses contempt for family values [or] encourages… entry into a marriage and creation of a family other than stipulated in the Constitution”.
I did not want to contradict, only to add. I agree with you that EU officers and MPs (reflecting the opinion of a consistent part of the EU population) actually hold double standards and should be more consistent.