Orban, a nationalist who has been in power since 2010, this year proposed a referendum on ruling party legislation that limits schools' teaching about homosexuality and transgender issues, stepping up a culture war with the European Union.
Comment: This is the kind of ideology the EU is pushing: Spain to allow 14 year olds to change 'gender self-identification after filling in a form'
Facing his first competitive election in more than a decade, nationalist Orban has sought to promote social policies that he says safeguard Christian values against Western liberalism, putting gender issues and what he calls LGBTQ propaganda at the centre of his campaign along with migration.
Parliament voted on four referendum questions one by one, passing them with Fidesz's ruling majority.
"The Hungarian government proposes that citizens should have a chance to express their stance on the issues of gender propaganda," deputy minister Balazs Orban told parliament.
"We are committed. We believe that we ...have to say no to LGBTQ propaganda in schools carried out with the help of NGOs and media, without parental consent."
He said holding the referendum on the same day as the parliamentary vote would save taxpayers money but it is up to President Janos Ader to set the date. Ader, an ally of the government, has not yet fixed a date for the parliamentary elections which are expected to be held in April.
In the referendum, Hungarians will be asked whether they support the holding of sexual orientation workshops in schools without parents' consent and whether they believe gender reassignment procedures should be promoted among children.
Comment: As we've seen in the US, what is actually promoted in schools is much more than the question of sexual orientation: School board attempts to silence parent reading out pedo porn books from its own library
They will also be asked whether media content that could affect sexual orientation should be shown to children without any restrictions.
The law passed in June, which the government says aims to protect children, has caused anxiety in the LGBT community.
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nationalistcrypto parasite who has been in power since 2010, this year proposed a referendum on ruling party legislation that limits schools' teaching about homosexuality and transgender issues, stepping up a culture war with the parasite infected pretend jews who created the European Union .Meanwhile this asshole is leading the pack for the highest jab rate for the population he pretends to care so much about.
Basically a political figure head/circa 2010 truth guru, gives a sales pitch netting in 90% of the people, purely by delivering on what matters to them in the present time, the most pressing issue in this case is immigration policy, driven by the countries geographical position in terms of migration route into EU where law can effectively guide the arrow homeward, this effectively securing his maverick status and gaining majority trust, the 5-10% poison that is drunk alongside isn't felt for a while afterwards, by then it to late!! LGBT is both highly virulent destructive force delivered by the left, Hungarians leaning heaviest towards the right where there is effectively no chance of the wedge being driven in... For now!
LGBT is a mental disease that is both self destructive after it has carried out it's programmed directive (lobbying/campaigning/abusing then never procreating!).