The Baltic Times : VILNIUS – The Seimas (Lithuanian parliament) has voted to pass the amended Law on the Protection of Minors against the Detrimental Effect of Public Information, which would see information about homosexuality banned from schools and other places that can be accessed by youths.

“The subject of homosexuality is not welcome in our schools,” a Seimas worker who asked to remain anonymous toldTBT after the June 16 vote.

A vote on June 11 saw a related law narrowly voted down. The law would have seen proponents of homosexuality fined or imprisoned for up to three years.

The law was strongly backed by the conservative ruling coalition, which favors a “traditional family model” that excludes people of different sexual orientation and single parent families, among others.

“The Seimas voted well. One aspect of propaganda of homosexuality for children is forbidden. It is also forbidden to discuss bad feelings about homosexuality – this is a good balance,” conservative coalition member Vilija Aleknaite-Abramikiene, who voted for the law, told TBT.

She said Lithuanians tolerated homosexuality, but didn’t want their children exposed to it in schools, adding that she also agrees with the ban against hate speech against homosexuals.

“We prefer a family model, the traditional family model, but of course if parents want to teach such propaganda they can, but according to our constitution, children are under protection,” she said.

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