The president’s speech in Chicago was not without incident: a woman held up a sign with the inscription “Nausėda is homophobic”

The video shared on the YouTube website of the Draugas newspaper shows the entire visit of the country’s leader to the church.

During the congratulatory speech, President G. Nausėda had to detain her, because a woman put up a sign in the church with the inscription “Nausėda is homophobic”.

Andrius shared a video posting the poster “Nausėda is homophobic” on Facebook.
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With a smile, President G. Nausėda waited for the woman who had raised the sign to be escorted out of the church and continued speaking. Exclamations are also heard in the video.

“Well, we appreciate your opinion and let’s move on,” said G. Nausėda with a smile.

Delphi he also addressed a comment to the Presidency.

“The president reacted briefly to the incident in the church:” Let us thank the man who expressed his opinion “and continued to address the Lithuanian community in Chicago,” the presidency said in a comment. Delphi.

The president of the Seimas Human Rights Committee, Tomas Vytautas Raskevičius, shared a photo of this event on his Facebook.

The politician wrote that it seems that the discussion about the Law of Associations is also relevant to Lithuanians in Chicago.

“I am very hopeful that the president will find time on his schedule in the near future and meet with same-sex couples to discuss the need for an Association Law, thus refuting the statement made on the poster,” the politician wrote.

The presidential press release states that after meeting with members of the local Lithuanian community, President G. Nausėda thanked them for their long-term work to further Lithuania and called for further strengthening of relations with Lithuania.

“I am sincerely grateful to all those who have patiently worked for many years so that the seeds of Lithuanian culture germinate and bear fruit in the soil of the New World,” said the president, emphasizing the valuable contribution of all Lithuanians who participated. actively in society. culture, politics educated by the Lithuanian spirit.

According to the president, Lithuanians around the world are united first of all by a conscious commitment to the idea of ​​Lithuania, a desire to live and work for Lithuania and a determination to pass on national traditions from generation to generation.

“As long as there are Lithuanians in the world, there will be Lithuania. No matter where we live, we are all part of Lithuania. We are one nation. One Lithuania,” the president said.

Speaking about the need to strengthen the connection of Lithuanians around the world with the Lithuanian state, the president emphasized the need to legalize the possibility for Lithuanian citizens to retain Lithuanian citizenship after becoming citizens of another state.

The president also asked the Lithuanian community in the United States to share valuable experience in the field of Lithuanian education with Lithuanians around the world. According to the president, it is necessary to strengthen Lithuanian education so that as many Lithuanian children from the diaspora as possible can systematically learn the Lithuanian language and Lithuanian history and get to know the culture of the country.