Hungary goes one step further to limit the rights of homosexual couples in the country. This week, the Hungarian Parliament passed a law allowing any citizen to anonymously report same-sex couples who have dependent children. This new norm follows the conservative ideals promoted by the Government of Viktor Orbán, which is located far from the LGTBI community with the excuse of protecting the rights of children.
The text authorizes any person to alert the authorities of those behaviors that allegedly violate "the role of marriage and the family recognized in the Constitution" and that do not take into account the rights of children to identify "with the sex of birth according to Bloomberg.
The Constitution of the country is very specific with the definition of marriage. According to it, marriage is a union "between a man and a woman" and adds that "the mother is a woman and the father is a man." In this way, any model of adoption or foster care by homosexual couples is prohibited by law.
It is not the only measure taken by the Orbán government to restrict the rights of the community in the country. Parliament also approved limiting content and/or allusions to the LGTBI community in schools, arguing that it is up to families to decide their children's education.
The policies established by the country are in the spotlight of the international community. The Community Executive has brought Hungary before the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) for the controversial law against pedophilia and the protection of minors, under the premise that it is discriminatory and violates the rights of the LGTBI collective.
