A strongly worded statement was issued by Accept LGBTI, in response to MP Andreas Themistocleous' remarks in the plenary session of the Parliament. Accept says that, once again, he has been targeted, something he does not tolerate from anyone, nor are they easy victims for vote-grubbing. In its statement, the organization included the Metropolitan of Morphou, who recently "called them a Pillar of the New World Order."
Read Accept's statement:
We are living through a porn and homosexual storm. We will teach children that it's okay for two women to kiss each other, two men the same. Two women or two men can have a child.
This and much more was said by Andreas Themistocles in Parliament during the debate on the bill on sex education.
A debate not related to LGBTI people but once again we were targeted!
The other day Saint Morphou called us a Pillar of New World Order and today he.
Enough is enough! We will not tolerate any kind of targeting of the LGBTQ+ community by anyone! We are not a punching bag! We are no longer the easy victims for vote-grubbing!
Using a group as a corruptor of morals and dismantler of the social fabric is not just a viewpoint/opinion. It is dangerous racist speech and hate speech that must be dealt with under the appropriate Criminal Law laws!
We call on the House of Representatives and the Speaker of the House, Anita Demetriou, to take all necessary measures to prevent such abusive comments against vulnerable groups.
We call on all political parties to take a stand on the above unacceptable statements. We call on the Attorney General to finally implement this Hate Speech Law that is rusting in the pamphlets of the Criminal Law as inapplicable and useless!
Finally, we thank Annita Demetriou, Irini Charalambidou, Fotini Tsiridou Fotini Tsiridou, Giorgos Koukoumas, Alexandra Attalides and all the others in Parliament who stood up to this gentleman and defended our community.
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