Lithuania Court rules against ‘gay propaganda’ law which ‘cast a shadow over the LGBTQ+ community’

Lithuania’s Constitutional Court has ruled against its 2009 “gay propaganda” law, which banned the “promotion” of homosexual relationships to children. The country’s highest court ruled that the law violates its Constitution. 

Last month, the Constitutional Court of the Eastern European nation ruled against anti-LGBTQ+ provisions in the country’s “Law on the Protection of Minors Against the Detrimental Effect of Public Information”. 

It found that information about diversity in families and interpersonal relationships cannot automatically be dubbed as “inappropriate” for minors. The court also found that the law would restrict minors’ development into “mature, well-rounded individuals” and suggests that such restrictions would actually go against the state’s constitutional duty to ensure “harmonious and comprehensive child development”. 

It was found that the “propaganda law” fails to show respect for human rights, dignity,

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