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ORBÁN: PARENTS WANT CHILDREN TO BE SHIELDED FROM PORNOGRAPHY, HOMOSEXUALITY

 

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said parents rightfully expected children to be shielded from pornography, sexuality for its own sake, homosexuality and “gender reassignment programs” on the platforms they visit. “These restrictions must also be defined with surgical precision,” he wrote. “In Hungary, no one has a say in how adults live their lives. In our view, a free adult should not have to give an account of his life in front of any secular authority – only before God when the time comes.” This was why, he said, the law did not apply to the lives and “sexual practices” of adults over the age of 18. “Moreover, in the European context, Hungarian society is among Europe’s most committed nations to individual freedom and tolerance.” The reasons for this, he said, were rooted in Hungary’s cultural traditions, Christian freedom, the nation’s struggles for its own freedom and “a deep contempt for communism and communist tyranny”. Orbán said Hungarian freedom was not just about political freedom, freedom of choice, freedom of speech, freedom of assembly and association, but also about “the right to defend our families and educate our children as we see fit”. “Our law is a worthy continuation of the European tradition of freedom,” he insisted. “The debate on the future of Europe – that is, our children – has just begun,” the prime minister wrote. “We are here, and we stand ready.”