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Budapest Pride venues sabotaged?
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Back in February, Budapest Pride announced that the LGBTQ festival would be held this summer as well on July 24th, following the restrictions, of course. However, according to the Mi hazánk Movement, the main large venues in Budapest have already been reserved before the parade could have the chance.
At Monday’s press conference in front of the police headquarters on Teve Street, Előd Novák spoke about the fact that the organisers of Pride had started to announce the parade on July 24 in an “illegal way” before the police announcement was made. Mi Hazánk also disputes whether the announcement of Pride could have taken place at all at the time of the curfew.
The politician also pointed out that Mi Hazánk is the only party demanding a ban on Pride. According to the party, the event, which is repeated year after year, also involves a number of defiantly anti-community behaviours and humiliations that are likely to cause outrage in others. Hence, the parade “is the definition of harassment”.
The organisers said that LGBTQ equality would not be achieved by a single campaign or organisation but by plenty of dedicated groups with years of creative and persistent work.
We asked the police and our legal advisers for an opinion on whether we could create the Facebook event of the Budapest Pride Parade before the official police announcement. According to them, the publication of the Facebook event does not violate the provisions of the Assembly Act, as it only informs those interested of the planned date of the meeting.
– Budapest Pride informed Index.
People like Elód Novák are to be found the world over. More often than not, they are ultimately found to be closet cases.
Talking about stealing rainbow flags. The rainbow was given to us by God as a promise not to flood the world again. It is not a symbol of gay freedom, it is a symbol of God’s promise and I want it back.
Suzy Q – I don’t think atheists, of which there are many, would agree with you. Generally speaking, even people who believe in a God of some sort also accept that a rainbow is caused by sunlight and atmospheric conditions. Light enters a water droplet, slowing down and bending as it goes from air to denser water. The light reflects off the inside of the droplet, separating into its component wavelengths–or colours.