Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-01-19-Speech-3-405-000"
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"en.20110119.20.3-405-000"2
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"Lithuania is attempting to control the preaching of certain minority sexual orientations, no doubt wishing, and quite rightly so, to promote instead the family, consisting of a father, a mother and their children, which forms the fundamental unit of any society. Some people see this as an unacceptable attack on human rights and as outright discrimination. However, as the resolution tabled by the Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats) rightly points out, the legislative process under way in Lithuania is a long way from being completed and is currently being examined by the relevant oversight bodies in the light of the country’s constitutional and international obligations.
The resolution also emphasises ‘the right of any democracy [...] to modify and adopt national laws and provisions, without interfering in the debates of national parliaments’. However, the very fact that we are discussing the issue here and tabling texts constitutes interference and is a violation of Lithuania’s rights and those of its citizens. This is unacceptable. Since the subjects are connected, I would also like to take the opportunity as a French citizen to express my grave concern about the case taken to France’s Constitutional Court in the name of non-discrimination, challenging the articles of the Civil Code that quite naturally enshrine the principle of marriage as the union between a man and a woman."@en1
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