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Lithuania defies EU to promote family values

January 8th, 2010 Comments off

Way to go Lithuania! Stick it to The Man. Stand up for what’s right when so few others are.

Bryan P. Bradley, Mercatornet.com

Sidestepping critics, Baltic nation strengthens family-friendly law on public information.

Lithuania lawmakers ended their year by amending a law on the protection of minors that had been condemned as “homophobic” by the European Parliament and other international bodies. But they did so in a way that strengthens and clarifies legal restrictions on public information which is out of synch with human dignity and family values. The small Baltic nation thus once again stands out for boldness among European states, such as Ireland and Italy, which are resisting the imposition of secularist policies by European Union bodies.

“Lithuania is a European state that holds to traditional ethical values which it has no intention of abandoning.” ~ Irena Degutiene, chair of Lithuanian parliament

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