Lietuvos šeimų sąjūdis | |
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| Abbreviation | LŠS |
|---|---|
| Formation | June 27, 2021 |
| Founded at | Kaunas |
| Type | Nonprofit |
| Purpose | Limiting marriage to people of the opposite sex. Opposition to same-sex civil unions, adoption, the ratification of the Istanbul Convention, and "gender ideology". |
| Location | |
Region served | Europe |
| Methods | Protests, demonstrations, reports, policy proposals |
Council | Raimondas Grinevičius Algimantas Rusteika Adelina Sabaliauskaitė Vitolda Račkova Arvydas Daunys Artūras Orlauskas Gitana Balčiūnienė Kristina Stumbrienė Antanas Norvydas Daiva Narkevičiūtė Laura Lodienė Andrius Galkinas Jonas Gedvilas Tomas Senūta Egidijus Visockas |
| Website | seimusajudis |
Lithuanian Family Movement (Lithuanian: Lietuvos šeimų sąjūdis, LŠS; Lithuanian pronunciation: [ɛɫˈɛʃˈɛs]) is a right-wing traditionalist anti-gender political movement in Lithuania. The primary focus of the movement is voicing out their opposition for bills it mostly considers to be a threat to the traditional nuclear family, the well-being of children, and society at large, such as the legalization of same-sex civil unions,[1] same-sex marriages, decriminalisation of drugs, ratification of Istanbul Convention or vaccine passports.[2] The Lithuanian Family Movement was founded on June 27, 2021,[3] as a response to the Homeland Union, a liberal conservative party that received the majority of votes in the 2020 parliamentary election and formed a coalition with the liberal Freedom Party, began promoting LGBT-friendly policies. Some people involved in the movement resorted to violence during civil protests.[4] However, the protest's key denied such allegiations, claiming they were staged provocations.
During a protest organized by the Lithuanian Family Movement, there was some booing of the Lithuanian politicians Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen and Ingrida Šimonytė as well as a former anti-Soviet dissident Sr. Bernadeta Mališkaitė at an honorary public event to commemorate January 13 in 2022.[5][6] Soon thereafter, the movement stated in an open letter that "We regret the individual disrespectful outbursts" during Mališkaitė's speech and that "the negative reaction was not aimed at the defenders of freedom or the events of January 13th, but at politicians".[5]
On 3 February 2024, it merged with the Christian conservative Christian Union, and representatives of the Lithuanian Family Movement — Edita Aleksandravičė, Artūras Orlauskas, Vitolda Račkova, Tomas Senūta, Egidijus Visockas — were elected to the party's executive committee. The unified party adopted a Christian right, soft Eurosceptic platform.[7]
- ^ "Lithuanian Families' Movement: Same-sex civil union is unconstitutional". CNE. May 5, 2022.
- ^ "Lietuvos šeimų sąjūdis (in Lithuanian)". Lietuvos šeimų sąjūdis.
- ^ ""Šeimos gynimo maršo" organizatoriai skelbia įkūrę asociaciją (in Lithuanian)". LRT. June 28, 2021.
- ^ Skėrytė, Jūratė (August 27, 2021). "Seimo vadovybė aptars riaušių pamokas, tarsis dėl rugsėjo 10-osios mitingo (in Lithuanian)". LRT.
- ^ a b "Šeimų sąjūdis apgailestauja dėl „nepagarbių išsišokimų"". Delfi.
- ^ Nations in Transit. 2023 (Freedom House)
- ^ "Lietuvos Šeimų Sąjūdis ir Krikščionių Sąjunga kuria naują politinę jėgą". infa.lt (in Lithuanian). 3 February 2024.