Lithuania moves to ditch controversial 'anti-gay propaganda' law

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Lithuania moves to ditch controversial 'anti-gay propaganda' law
euronews.com

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”.

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So they had the same law as the one Russia got flak for... since 2009?! While being in the EU. This kind of bullshit is why Russian propaganda can easily relativize the narrative. When they call out the West for double standards, they almost always seem to have an argument.

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