On the 24th of February, the Hungarian Society for the Science of the Family (Magyar Családtudományi Társaság) was founded. The scientific society is funded by the Hungarian Ministry of National Resources, and the members include a Member of Parliament from the governing Fidesz party and the president of the Alfa Alliance, a radical Hungarian pro-life group. The funding document of the scientific society states that ”A healthy family, as defined in the moral sense, is a love community based on the marriage of a man and a woman, the members of which are the wife, the husband and any children they have, including adopted or step-children”.
Additionally, the same document points out that ethical, sociological, psychological and health reasons prompt one to suggest marriage instead of cohabitation and premarital sex. The pro-life stance of the society is also obvious by the references in the same document stating that personhood begins at the time of conception.
The founding statement has to say a great deal about Hungarian media, too. ”Instead of preparing for a productive course of life, with its recommended psychical and psychological health, and for responsible romantic relationships and future marriage, they encourage one-night stands and single, mixed single, bisexual and polygamous lifestyles. In the meantime, they present faithfulness and marriage as outdated, unhealthy and at times even laughable. Aspirations to one exclusive sexual partner does not even appear on their programs. They do this with impunity in the Europe of the 21st century, and therefore in our home country as well.”
The action plan of the society includes training public school teachers to teach courses on family values, morals and advices on the good way of living. The training is to be done as part of the newly enacted national curriculum, which includes an obligatory inclusion of new educational goals, such as morality, national consciousness and patriotism.
Friday, the Hungarian LGBT Association protested against the institution, stating that their founding statement contains homophobic remarks. Members of the society answered that the parts which the LGBT Association found problematic are actually not parts of the founding statement, and that the Hungarian Society for the Science of the Family is strictly against any form of exclusion. The press conference that is to be held by members of the society this week should reveal more details about the issue, which can either be a serious offense or maybe just an unfortunate misunderstanding...
Additionally, the same document points out that ethical, sociological, psychological and health reasons prompt one to suggest marriage instead of cohabitation and premarital sex. The pro-life stance of the society is also obvious by the references in the same document stating that personhood begins at the time of conception.
The founding statement has to say a great deal about Hungarian media, too. ”Instead of preparing for a productive course of life, with its recommended psychical and psychological health, and for responsible romantic relationships and future marriage, they encourage one-night stands and single, mixed single, bisexual and polygamous lifestyles. In the meantime, they present faithfulness and marriage as outdated, unhealthy and at times even laughable. Aspirations to one exclusive sexual partner does not even appear on their programs. They do this with impunity in the Europe of the 21st century, and therefore in our home country as well.”
The action plan of the society includes training public school teachers to teach courses on family values, morals and advices on the good way of living. The training is to be done as part of the newly enacted national curriculum, which includes an obligatory inclusion of new educational goals, such as morality, national consciousness and patriotism.
Friday, the Hungarian LGBT Association protested against the institution, stating that their founding statement contains homophobic remarks. Members of the society answered that the parts which the LGBT Association found problematic are actually not parts of the founding statement, and that the Hungarian Society for the Science of the Family is strictly against any form of exclusion. The press conference that is to be held by members of the society this week should reveal more details about the issue, which can either be a serious offense or maybe just an unfortunate misunderstanding...
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