At home: Eight non-governmental organizations approached the Ombudsman’s Office for Orbán’s statement

Eight NGOs turned to the ombudsman because they see that the controversy surrounding the book Fairy Tale for All has turned into homophobic state hatred, the Society for Freedoms (HCLU) writes in a statement.

The storybook, published in September, introduces children to various vulnerable social groups through characters from fairy tales. According to the HCLU, there is no sexual content in the post, it does not encourage anyone to become homosexual, or to be a member of another marginalized group, it simply shows that such people exist.

However, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in a radio statement on October 4 that “Hungary is a tolerant and patient country in terms of homosexuality” as long as “our children are left alone.”

– write in communication.

According to civilians, the prime minister thus reinforces the prevailing stereotypes against sexual minorities in the majority of society: he suggests that the healthy development of children is already in danger due to the fact that they realize the existence of attractions other than those of the majority.

And by emphasizing that “Hungary is patient with homosexuals,” LGBTQI excluded people from the nation.

According to the HCLU, the Ombudsman has a legal obligation to defend the rights of the most vulnerable groups in society, so the signatory NGOs asked the Commissioner to speak out against the homophobic statement of the Prime Minister and declare that a democracy, equal human rights of minorities there is no room for hatred of the government in a state governed by the rule of law that respects their dignity.

The NGOs also drew the Commissioner’s attention to the fact that the police failed to defend the rights of children and parental freedom of parents during a narration at the Atrium Theater on October 4 against an aggressive and extreme demonstration aimed at making it impossible the event. Contrary to plans, parents and their children were unable to participate in the program.

In addition, the civilians indicated in their communication that it was a violation of a fundamental right for some mayors, such as Csepel and Mezőkövesd, to prohibit the use of the book in kindergartens in their settlement.

They have no formal right to do so, but the prohibition also restricts the freedom of learning and teaching enshrined in the Basic Law.

According to the communication, the signatory organizations have asked the Commissioner to investigate what happened and make recommendations to the offending authorities to avoid further infractions.

At the end of September ,dóra Dúró, representative of Nuestro País, ground up the book Land of Stories for Everyone because, according to her, it carries out “homosexual propaganda”. Later, the politician also destroyed a copy of the storybook by Zsófia Bán Búho y la Tercera Á, in which one of the characters has no father and mother, but two mothers. Later, his party comrades placed inspiring inscriptions in the bookstores that sold the book Fairy Tale to Everyone.

Shortly after, pro-government politicians also spoke, Gergely Gulyás, head of the Prime Minister’s Office, spoke of endangering minors, for example, and the mayor of Csepel banned the storybook in the district’s kindergartens.