A General Affairs Council meeting of European leaders in Luxembourg last week erupted in heated debate, with some members having harsh words for Hungary following the passage of a discriminatory anti-LGBTQ law there.
Hungarian President Janos Ader signed the bill into law June 22, the day before the meeting convened. The Russian-style anti-homosexuality propaganda bill was swiftly drafted and attached to the popular anti-pedophilia legislation less than a week before Hungary s National Assembly overwhelmingly voted in favor of the law June 15.
It was the Roman Catholic-majority Central European country s third assault on its queer citizens within a year.
Hungary s anti-gay law was not on the European leaders agenda, but it quickly became the top topic at the two-day summit. In a June 15 news release, the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association called upon the European Union to utilize all its legal and political instruments to hold Hungary accountable
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