The Council for the Prevention and Elimination of Discrimination and Ensuring of Equality, which is unofficially called the Antidiscrimination Council, became a cudgel that persecutes all those who are hostile to the sin of homosexuality and its public manifestation forms. The accusations were made by a group of priests.
Deacon Gennady Valuta, in a news conference at IPN, said President Igor Dodon also became the target of decisions taken by the Antidiscrimination Council only because he defends the family values and morality. Recently, the members of the Council reproached the chairman for making discriminatory statements and statements that incited hatred on grounds of sexual orientation in TV programs. Thus, the chairman was obliged to present public apologies for the made statements. If he does not do it, he will be sued.
According to Gennady Valuta, the President of the Republic of Moldova is obliged to defend the Church and the Christians, while the decision of the Antidiscrimination Council is a gesture that humiliates not the President, but rather the people who elected him and the Church. “We, for the first time have someone who speaks positively about the Church and acts in this regard. We cannot be indifferent when this representative of ours is attacked as we, the Christians, are also attacked,” stated the priest.
Priest Ioan Solonaru from Cimiseni village of Criuleni district, said he is not against the people, but is against their sins. “We do not want the sin to be shown publicly. They (the homosexuals) should live as they want, in their family, but it is embarrassing when these things are promoted on the street,” he stated.
The priests encourage the President to initiate the abrogation of the Law on Equality of Chances or at least to exclusion of the phrase “sexual orientation” from this. Another request is to include representatives of the Church, religious denominations and traditional civil society in the composition of the Council for the Prevention and Elimination of Discrimination and Ensuring of Equality.
