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EU takes Hungary to highest court over LGBT, media rules
AP (on their own site) ^ | July 15, 2022 | RAF CASERT and JUSTIN SPIKE

Posted on 07/16/2022 6:52:36 PM PDT by Salman

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s executive intensified its legal standoff with Hungary on Friday by taking the country to the EU’s highest court over a restrictive law on LGBT issues and media freedom.

The EU had already tried for a year to make Hungary change a law that bans content portraying or promoting homosexuality. The European Commission said it “discriminates against people on the basis of their sexual orientation and gender identity.”

“The Commission considers that the law violates the internal market rules, the fundamental rights of individuals (in particular LGBTIQ people) as well as — with regard to those fundamental rights — the EU values,” the statement said.

It was the latest episode in a long political battle in which Brussels perceives Prime Minister Viktor Orbán as deliberately stepping away from the cornerstones of Western democracy while Hungary depicts the European Commission as overly meddling in internal politics and imposing moral standards it considers far too liberal.

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Emphasis added. Sodomy is a cornerstone of "Western democracy".

Such is the price of free trade and a common currency.

1 posted on 07/16/2022 6:52:36 PM PDT by Salman
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To: Salman

Eff the EU, Go Hungary!


2 posted on 07/16/2022 6:55:37 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Salman

The EU has always been evil. And it has always been about bringing on the New World Order.


3 posted on 07/16/2022 7:45:27 PM PDT by Revel
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To: Salman

Ukraine is in full compliance. Russia is not.


4 posted on 07/16/2022 7:53:33 PM PDT by Karl Spooner
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To: Salman

Is the EU providing Monkey Pox vaccines for attendees?


5 posted on 07/16/2022 8:21:42 PM PDT by eyedigress (Trump is my President!)
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To: eyedigress

That made me laugh


6 posted on 07/16/2022 8:35:14 PM PDT by Mount Athos
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To: Karl Spooner

Ukraine is in full compliance. Russia is not.

Ukraine doesn't recognize same-sex marriages either.

7 posted on 07/16/2022 9:13:35 PM PDT by FormerFRLurker
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Ukraine doesn't recognize same-sex marriages either.

Well, but ... Ukraine to consider legalising same-sex marriage amid war.

8 posted on 07/16/2022 10:01:47 PM PDT by Angelino97
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To: Salman

Hurray for Hungary!


9 posted on 07/17/2022 4:38:02 AM PDT by Seeing More Clearly Now ( )
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To: dfwgator
...it “discriminates against people on the basis of their sexual orientation and gender identity.”

Yes; it does.

Now go F*** yourselves!

10 posted on 07/17/2022 12:02:07 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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