Nineteen embassies in Budapest issued a joint statement on Thursday to express support for, and solidarity with, Hungary’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities, on the occasion of the Budapest Pride Festival now under way.
“Mindful of the violence which has been directed against this event in the past, we support the right of these persons to use this traditional occasion to march together to express themselves peacefully and lawfully,” the statement said.
“Today, many individuals face discrimination based on their sexual orientation and gender identity. Our governments seek to combat such discrimination by promoting the human rights of all people, regardless of their background,” the statement added.
The Pride March, a traditional event of the festival, is set to take place on Saturday, with participants walking from Heroes Square to Parliament. In recent years, violent counter-demonstrators made attempts to disrupt the march, throwing stones and clashing with police.
Governments are obliged to “protect all citizens from violence and to ensure that all individuals enjoy equal opportunities,” said the joint statement issued by the embassies of Australia, Belgium, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Sweden, Slovenia, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
All these countries represent “bloody unwelcome foreigners” according to ‘leto’
For other people these countries represent the biggest foreign investors in Hungary since beginning of the 80s
In today’s political climate in Hungary, ‘leto’s’ opinion has the biggest support
USA? What the h… They are one of the most homophob countries what exist!! USA, that was really a good one. Lets continue: Spain, Portugal, the influence of the catholic church in this countries is quiet known…hahah. Really a good list hahaha
@Jaaa:
Even Spain allows same sex marriages – many Catholics remember the strong connection between the Church and General Franco, so the Catholic Church is no longer that important …
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_Spain
Jaa, what are you talking about, in the USA the majority support gay marriage. It is actually one of the most tolerant societies in the world. Within a generation gay marriage will be legal nationwide. It’s a matter of demography, young people overwhelmingly support gay marriage and gay rights.
The anti-gay hysteria encouraged by the opposition in the run-up to the last election is now only with difficulty tamped down. That was a cynical electioneering ploy in order to shore up the toothless bumpkin vote, but it left a poisonous atmosphere that is lasting beyond the impossible campaign promises. It might be dawning on some that they were simply played, just as it is dawning on some that there are no easy economic fixes, but the damage was done.
There’s no “anti-gay hysteria”. Only most normal people don’t approve the gay day parade, that’s all.
What’s the purpose of this obscene spectacle anyway?
What’s the purpose of your opposition to it? You don’t have to watch it; in fact, it’s pretty difficult for your type to even get close to it, since you wait in the wrong place for it. Just ignore it, and you’ll be fine.
Don’t answer a question with a question.
Let’s try again:
What is the real purpose of your parade?
The same purpose as any other march (including the one every August involving the parading of a severed hand through town): To gain attention for the cause. Why is this so mysterious?
The real purpose is to piss off the population, then cry “discrimination”, and receive the support of liberals, who just don’t get it.
Gays, like most other minorities, don’t want equal status, they want special privileges. Normally no one bothers them, that’s why they need to show how “special” they are.
The more people they manage to turn against their “movement” the better.
Without the stupid parade they could be just like everyone else. If there’s no discrimination, it’s easy to generate some.
Now you know.
The gay rights movement in the U.S. has turned so many against it that gays just won marriage rights in the state of New York. I look forward to the day when there’s no need for a Pride Festival. But if Hungary prefers to align with Moscow and Beijing, well, we always knew it was eastward looking, and it’s not my business, anyway.
Bumboys on milk floats dancing to corny electronic music and Y M C A is dated and they (bummers) need to find a new way of expressing themselves if they wish to engage a normal/straight audience in their antics.
What about bi-sexuals? Shouldn’t they have a parade day too?
BTW. Erik:
I am not homophobic but, I’ve slept with a guy that is!
“I’m not homophobic but . . .” Good one. Gay’s don’t have an obligation to comport themselves any better than straights, and a Pride parade is also about having a party. If the grotesque steroid queens that seem to represent férfiasság in Hungary can grope and even screw their tramps in public swimming pools, then gays can have one day of public celebration without making it fit for church.
@Fear Tactics
What special privileges do you think they want?
I can answer a question with a question if I like, especially if the original question is so obviously not meant to solicit an answer, but rather to make some simplistic, irrational point. Also, it’s not my parade, I didn’t even go. When there’s a parade for boring married guys, maybe I’ll march in that one.