In this 2021 file photo, demonstrators protest against Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and his anti-LGBTQ law in Budapest, Hungary (Image: Reuters)
Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban continues his crackdown on LGBTQIA+ children’s right to adopt, with new bill passed
Lawmakers in Hungary have passed a bill that allows citizens to anonymously report to authorities about same-sex couples who are raising children.
The bill, passed earlier this month, allows those opposing the “constitutionally recognized role of marriage and family” and those opposing the rights of children to be “identified appropriately for their sex at birth.” allows reporting. Bloomberg said in a report.
The Eastern European nation’s constitution defines marriage as an institution formed “between a man and a woman” and specifically states that “the mother is a woman, the father is a man,” according to the report Bloomberg,
Human rights organizations and several non-governmental organizations across Europe have criticized the government’s stance on the rights of the country’s LGBTQIA+ community, led by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban.
Orban has barred LGBTQIA+ couples from adopting children and this has led to the EU cutting funding for Hungary.
In June 2021, a law was passed by Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and the National Assembly, banning the depiction or promotion of LGBTQIA+ related content to people under the age of 18.
The law included a ban on TV shows and movies featuring gay characters, educational programs and visual material such as rainbow flags, and also prohibited gay people from appearing in school educational materials or TV shows for under-18s.
Many viewed the law as anti-LGBTQIA+, claiming that it dehumanizes people who identify as LGBTQIA+.
His government has been accused of curbing the rights of the country’s LGBTQ community. The European Commission brought a case against Hungary for the 2021 law before the European Court of Justice in 2022, and most EU members joined the lawsuit, taking the side of the Commission.
Orban and his right-wing Fidesz party, who won the election on a wave of populism, have said they will fight the lawsuit and defend “traditional values” to ensure a “godless European Union” does not tear Hungarian society apart.
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