Hungary PM calls EU leaders 'colonialists' in LGBT law feud

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Source: The Associated Press

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Friday accused European leaders of acting like “colonialists” in their criticism of a controversial law that’s seen as limiting the rights of LGBT people in that country.

European Union leaders challenged Orban on the law at a summit in Brussels last week, with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte suggesting that the Hungarian leader should either uphold EU values or pull out of the 27-member bloc.

Speaking on public radio, Orban defied calls to repeal the law which prohibits the “display or promotion” of homosexuality or gender reassignment in television shows, films and sexual education programs to kids in schools.

“They behave like colonialists,” Orban said of his EU critics. “They want to dictate what laws should take effect in another country, they want to tell us how to live our lives and how to behave.” He added that the criticism was a result of “bad reflexes caused by their European colonialist past.

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/hungary-europe-laws-government-and-politics-0dd8e6f725dd0be963616ee2d2704515

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1. The law means no LGBT characters can be shown on TV before 10pm

and where the plot is significantly about LGBT issues, they may not be able to broadcast them at all:

Broadcasters, advertisers and school teachers are trying to understand how the law will work in practice.

Popular commercial TV channel RTL Klub says it may have to show some of the Harry Potter films, Bridget Jones Diary, and episodes of Friends after the 22:00 watershed. "Series like Modern Family would be banned," said RTL. Programmes here are categorised in six categories and the channel believes these programmes would end up in category five, along with films such as Billy Elliott and Philadelphia, as they could be seen as either portraying or promoting homosexuality.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-57566696

And you can imagine what effect it has on teachers - they would be at risk of losing their jobs, so they'll just not mention the existence of LGBT people at all.

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2. Hey wait, isn't that "critical race theory"? Orban is working for George Soros!

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3. hungary going back to the goold old days of the early 1940's? nt

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4. How can you

be a member of a block of countries, all banded together, and expect to get away with human rights violations? They should kick Hungary out of the club.