Hungarian MPs approve constitutional amendment to ban LGBT adoption 1 minute read
Budapest, Dec 15 (EFE).- Hungarian lawmakers on Tuesday approved a controversial alteration to the constitution that bans gay adoption amid a wave of indignation from LGBT+ groups in the country.
The change, which will mean that only married heterosexual couples and single parents with special permission can adopt children, was passed with 143 votes in favor, 43 against and five abstentions, carried by the ample majority enjoyed by prime minister Viktor Orban’s nationalist Fidesz party.
The edits to the constitution establish the mother “is a woman” and the father “is a man” and also specifies that children should be raised within the “Christian” interpretation of gender roles.
BUDAPEST (Reuters) Hungary amended the definition of family in its constitution Tuesday to allow an effective ban on adoption by same-sex couples, another win for the ruling conservatives but decried by one pro-LGBTQ group as a dark day for human rights.
The nationalist Fidesz party of Prime Minister Viktor Orban has worked to recast Hungary in a more conservative mold since winning a third successive landslide in 2018, and similar legislation, as well as anti-gay verbal attacks, have become common.
In recent years Orban, facing a unified opposition for the first time, has doubled down on propagating his increasingly conservative ideology, deploying strong language against immigrants and Muslims who he says could upend European culture.
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