Entering #EUCO summit, #Orban is asked by reporters about #Hungary's law forbidding mentioning homosexuality to people under 18.
"We don't have that kind of law, we have the law on defending the rights of the kids and the parents."
"It's not about homosexuality".
"We don't have that kind of law, we have the law on defending the rights of the kids and the parents."
"It's not about homosexuality".
"I am a fighter for [#LGBT] rights," #Orban insists. "I was a freedom fighter in the Communist regime."
"Homosexuality was punished, and I fought for their freedom and their rights. So I am defending the rights of the homosexual guys. But this law is not about that."
"Homosexuality was punished, and I fought for their freedom and their rights. So I am defending the rights of the homosexual guys. But this law is not about that."
Asked if he would withdraw the law, #Orban says, "the law is published, it's done".
Asked whether he will defend the law at this summit he says, "it's not on the agenda". Reminded that it will be brought up, he says he's ready to defend it to the other EU leaders.
Asked whether he will defend the law at this summit he says, "it's not on the agenda". Reminded that it will be brought up, he says he's ready to defend it to the other EU leaders.
Fact check:
In fact Communist #Hungary was among the first countries to decriminalize homosexuality, in 1961 - well before Orban was a 'freedom fighter' and before most Western countries. (h/t @EUblogo) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_righ…
In fact Communist #Hungary was among the first countries to decriminalize homosexuality, in 1961 - well before Orban was a 'freedom fighter' and before most Western countries. (h/t @EUblogo) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_righ…
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