Nov 21, 2006Articles: Fiercely Anti-Gay Politician Selected at Chair of Latvian Parliament Human Rights and Social Affairs Committee
By vanrozenheim
(RIGA, LATVIA) - The Lativan Saeima (Parliament) has confirmed this afternoon the nomination of Jānis Šmits as the chairperson of the Saeima’s Human Rights and Social Affairs Committee. And Europe is outraged. The politician from the LLP (First Party of Latvia) was elected by a 5-3 vote of the committee. Mr. Šmits has a history of hate speech and incitement to hatred an violence towards gay men an women - he was most vocal against the first two Riga Prides - in 2005 and earlier this year - and initiated the deletion of "sexual orientation" from the labour law, having no regard for a European Union directive. Additionally, he has actively expressed opposition to any advance of LGBT rights.
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