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Slota: SNS Has No Intention of Harassing Gay People, But They're Sick
Monday 21 December 2009 Zoom in | Print page
Bratislava, December 21 (TASR) - The Slovak National Party (SNS) has no plans to harass homosexuals, but the party is principally against the promotion of homosexuality in any shape or form, SNS chairman Jan Slota told TASR on Monday.
"SNS has a clear stance on same-sex marriages - we're strictly against any promotion of these sick relationships," said Slota.
"If two men want to make love, let them, for all I care. But I want them to do it in the same way as in the past - inconspicuously in their own privacy, so that no one knows about it," stated Slota.
The SNS chairman added that he views gay people as ill. "When somebody is ill, we need to accept that. But when I see those transvestites having their parades, strutting down the street naked and presenting this as a fashion ... well, I consider this to be outrageous and sick," he said.
If gay organisations tried to promote registered same-sex partnerships in a legal form in Europe, said Slota, the Slovak Parliament should protest, just as it did in the case of the ban on displaying crucifixes in Italian state schools. "This isn't just an Italian problem. It wasn't an Italian but a European Court that ruled on the case. And Christianity should be inseparable from European civilisation," he stressed.
The European Court for Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg ruled that crucifixes in Italian state schools restrict the right of parents to raise their children according to their own beliefs.
According to the Slovak Parliament, the ECHR ruling is in contradiction with the cultural legacy and Christian history of Europe.
"Respect for this Christian tradition can't be viewed as a restriction of religious freedom," reads a declaration issued by the Slovak Parliament on December 10.
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