Hungarian parliament adopts anti-LGBT laws including de facto ban on adoption by same-sex couples
The Hungarian Parliament adopted several pieces of anti-LGBT legislation on Tuesday, including an amendment that enshrines the traditional notion of "gender" in the country's Constitution and another law that de facto prohibits adoption for same-sex couples.The amendment to the Constitution, which defines parenthood as "the mother is a woman, the father is a man," was approved by a majority of deputies, according to the official website of the Hungarian Assembly.The text defines sex as only that of birth and adds: "Education is provided in accordance with the values based on the constitutional identity and Christian culture" of the country.In advocating for the change in parliament, the government justified the new amendment because of the.
