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“A family that arises from marriage is the best place for children to grow up”, the participants of the march gathered in the Vingis Park with this type of posters and flags.
The march was attended by people of all ages, from grandparents to babies. People came with families, children.
In Vingis Park you can listen to songs by Romas Dambrauskas and other artists. Both Lithuanian citizens and organizers speak about the preservation of the traditional family and the future of Lithuania.
Organizers ask gathered participants to keep safe distances: “In order to meet more often in the future, we ask you to keep safe distances on behalf of the organizers. You can wear the masks or not, but let’s stay safe and stay away. “
Some 2,000 people were estimated to have moved to Vilnius. cars, but could join more than other cities. Around 7 pm In the morning, the participants of the march began to choose between Klaipeda and the surrounding regions and the column of cars moved towards Vilnius, where the official part of the march takes place.
It is true that the incidents of the morning could not be avoided either. Ramūnas Matonis, a representative of the Police Department, informed the tv3.lt news portal that an accident had occurred while driving in the column of moving cars on the Klaipėda-Vilnius highway. During the accident, four cars driving in the column collided, fortunately no residents were injured.
PHOTO GALLERY. The “Great March for the Defense of the Family” takes place on Saturday
Organizers say they oppose the initiatives of the ruling majority, which they consider contrary to the Constitution, the introduction of the concept of gender in educational institutions. According to them, the initiatives considered would be contrary to the constitutional principle of allowing parents to raise their children according to their beliefs.
The exact program of the event, which will begin at 6 in the afternoon, the organizers do not disclose, but they suggest that the priests, various deserving authorities of society, but not of politics, will speak and compatriots living abroad will join. . The hymn of the march and a subsequent concert are scheduled to be played.
The Vilnius City Municipality has issued a permit to organize a protest “Family Defense March” in Vingis Park, in which up to 7 thousand people can participate. people, but the organizers expect 5,000 to 8,000 cars from all over Lithuania to come to the rally.
On Saturday, during the “March for the Defense of the Family”, several more protests are taking place, the aim of which, according to the organizers of the Vilnius city municipality, is to express a different opinion. The police department said reinforced police forces were working during the rallies.
Security promise
Artūras Orlauskas, one of the organizers of the Family March, assured on the tv3.lt program “Dienas pjūvis” that the safety of the participants will be guaranteed during the event.
“The police said they would definitely provide protection because all public events are guarded by the police. Additionally we are hiring three security brigades, some in civilian clothes, others with special uniforms and the highest level of security. And I don’t think it will come. no one to the event, where people and children will gather to provoke ”, he emphasized on tv3.lt.
The police also confirm that the security forces will be strengthened.
Opposition not “against” but “in favor”
The news portal tv3.lt recalls that the main objective of the “Great March for the Defense of the Family” is to unite people “due to the aggressive gender propaganda carried out by methods of ideological warfare and laws drawn up by the ruling majority , which contradict the Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania adopted by referendum “.
We will defend our families, children, youth, kindergartens and schools from the violent propaganda of fictitious social genres. We will speak with one voice against the forthcoming ratification of the Istanbul Convention by the Seimas, which would prohibit freedom of expression and belief, legalize total control of public opinion, and punish the constitutional right to express one’s opinion and others. parents to raise their children according to their beliefs.
Lithuania will never allow extreme minorities to impose an unacceptable way of life for the whole society, to disregard the traditions and values of the Nation and to abandon the morality of Christian civilization based on respect for human dignity ”, emphasizes the event.
One of the organizers of the rally, Arvydas Daunys, previously commented to the tv3.lt news portal that this protest is not intended to speak against anything, but for the preservation of family traditions and values in the long term.
“Only our opponents are speaking, and we want to see what has been the norm for millennia, nothing bothers us anymore,” he said.
The motto of the Family Defense March is: A strong family is a strong state.
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