Hungarian anti-paedophile law takes effect from September 5th – What changes?
The Hungarian anti-paedophile law, or as it became more well-known throughout the media, the “homophobic law” has triggered a giant uproar back in early June and July. It has triggered a complicated series of events.
Despite the demonstrations and objections of non-governmental organisations, the law has been amended and was passed in the Parliament. Some of the effects of the law, however, only take effect starting from Sunday, 5th of September, says HírTV.
According to Index, that law consists of two main parts. The first being the original Kocsis-Selmeczi anti-paedophile law proposal, the other being the amended part which is considered to be anti-LGBTQ.
But what do these really include?
The anti-paedophile measures include stricter punishment on child pornography and related crimes, the establishing of a register of known paedophiles and the prohibition of certain professions for paedophiles.
The other measures basically prohibit the self-serving portrayal of sexuality, promotion of gender change for people under 18 years old, the sexual education sessions which promote or popularise the latter for people under 18 years old.
Additionally, only registered people and organisations can hold sex education sessions.
Advertising that contains a self-serving portrayal of sexuality, the promotion of homosexuality or gender change is not permitted for people under 18 years old, and media programmes that fit into the description have to be issued the “not recommended for people under 18” title.
What does it mean in everyday life?
Index highlights that this is not everything because these measures also determine the selling of certain books and how bookshops can sell them. According to the Association of Hungarian Publishers and Distributors, the law is absurd and here is why:
According to the new law, deviations from the identity corresponding to the sex of birth, gender reassignment, a self-serving portrayal of sexuality, and the display or promotion of homosexuality for children are prohibited from being placed in store windows or to be put on public display.
Such products aimed at kids can only be marketed separately from other products and can only be sold in sealed packaging.
Additionally, these kinds of products cannot be distributed or sold within a distance of 200 metres of the entrance of any educational or child and youth protection institutions, churches or other places of religious practice.
What is the reception of the new law by the affected?
In response to the above-written limitations, Katalin Gál, chairman of the Association of Hungarian Publishers and Distributors, commented the following:
“The legislation is absurd, and strictly speaking, even the Bible should then be sold covered up, as there are plenty of sections that display sexuality, or even homosexuality”.
The association also protested back in June, saying that it is not entirely clear what promoting homosexuality or the self-serving portrayal of sexuality means, as it could affect literary cornerstones.
Háttér Society, the largest operating LGBTQI organisation in Hungary and has clearly taken a standpoint against the law.
The NGO said that the regulation “stigmatises LGBTQI people, deprives LGBTQI youth of vital information, illegally restricts freedom of speech and the right to education”, and they will fight the new law by all available legal means.
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FANTASTIC NEWS. Protect our children from this degenerative filth of pedophilia. Adults of all orientation need to start standing up for all children (whether yours or others) and allow them the space to be children without the predatory actions of this filth. There is no space in any decent God loving society to accept pedophilia as a choice. Just because you feel you have a choice does not give you the right to enforce or deny that choice on many children who are in most part abused into it. They have a right to choice too. Allow them to grow and make it. LGBTQ does not require a +.
What DISGUSTED me – was Daily News Hungary – late last wekk – running an MAJOR article – asking or telling the Citizens of Hungary – and WORLD – readers – the times a month – women have – SEX in Hungary.
Personally – could not care less – not my place to or others – to peer – get there rocks off – peering into peoples bed-room windows ///
There is Hypocrisy – in kind – publiching an article that I refer – encourageing, exciting and arousing Citizens – raising blood pressure levels.
This LAW – is pre 1989 – Political Ideas & Philosophy – that are SADLY and WRONGFULLY – contained within the Wording of this Law – that was AUTHORISED – by the present Government of Hungary – back in June 2021.
National Elections May 2022 – the upcoming Referendum – Citizens of Hungary – will be GIVEN a chance under the – correctness in the use and application – under DEMOCRACY – to re-shape re-write this diabolical Law – having it amended – to modern 21st century – Hungarian and Universal – Standards and Peoples – Quality of Lives and Standards.
It is OBVIOUS that the so-called Hatter Society should change its name to :
THE MAD HATTER ORGANISATION.
Then the revolting ‘alphabet people’ can be easily identified by their RAINBOW-COLOURED HATS.
The Hungarian anti-paedophile law is a good law.
Protect the children!
Do you think the government is implementing this law now because of the influx of Catholic clergy this week and next? After all the magnificent Pope John Paul II turned a blind eye to the pedophilia perpetuated by Catholic clergy, as did others. Wonder how JPII can be a szent.
It is obvious why pedophiles don’t like the Hungarian anti-pedophile law. They want to molest our children and want to be free to hunt their victims in our schools. They would sink so low as try to attack Pope John Paul II. We will protect the children from these perverts.
A pedophile is where an adult or older adolescent experiences a primary or exclusive sexual attraction to prepubescent children, the perpetrator can be male or female. They get themselves into positions of trust and groom their prey. Children quite rightly need to be protected from this. Pedophilia is a heinous crime, people should rightly be imprisoned and put on a sex register for life. Is this not happening now, already? If not, I’m shocked.
Being gay isn’t a crime, they’re attracted to adults of the same sex. But putting these two words together pedophilia and homosexuality is a dangerous and misleading thing to do as they’re not the same thing.
The Hungarian anti-pedophilia law DOES NOT put together the pedophilia and homosexuality words. LGBTQ is different. It is a rapidly expanding assortment of abnormalities that includes pedophilia and homosexuality. Where does it stop?