Legislation, Lithuania, Society

MP Grazulis registered a draft amendment to the Children's Rights Protection Law.

According to the draft law, "it is forbidden for persons of the same sex to adopt citizens of the Republic of Lithuania."

According to Grazulis, the project was initiated by situations when in other countries Lithuanian nationals were taken away from their legal guardians and adopted by couples of the same sex.

"Lithuanian children are taken away and given to homosexuals in other countries under the veil of laws of foreign countries; however, no one protects the rights and legal interests of children. Such situations remind me of child trafficking to perverts. Various researches show that children raised by so called families of gays or lesbians suffer from more negative social, economic and emotional consequences compared to the children raised by healthy biological families," said Grazulis.