A General Affairs Council meeting of European leaders in Luxembourg last week erupted in heated debate, with some members having harsh words for Hungary following the passage of a discriminatory anti-LGBTQ law there.
Hungarian President Janos Ader signed the bill into law June 22, the day before the meeting convened. The Russian-style anti-homosexuality propaganda bill was swiftly drafted and attached to the popular anti-pedophilia legislation less than a week before Hungary's National Assembly overwhelmingly voted in favor of the law June 15.
It was the Roman Catholic-majority Central European country's third assault on its queer citizens within a year. Hungary's anti-gay law was not on the European leaders' agenda, but it quickly became