Santiago Abascal, leader of the Spanish far-right party Vox, advocates for the abolition of the Pride Day and parade that takes place annually in Madrid. Vox has become the first far-right party in Spain with probabilites to come to power since the death of dictator Francisco Franco in 1975.
Abascal stated: "If I were to strip naked in the middle of the street and engage in sexual acts, I would likely cause a disturbance or infringe upon the rights of others. If someone is walking along holding a child’s hand and encounters such a scene, they would be forced to provide a lot of explanations, and there is simply no need to expose children to such shocking behavior," Abascal added.
Abascal also shared his views on same-sex marriage. He reiterated his belief that such unions cannot be termed "marriage," and indicated that, should his party come to power, Vox would repeal the law that currently permits same-sex marriage.
Attacks by the far-right Vox party on LGBTQ+ rights are testing years of political consensus on the issue in Spain, which in 2005 became only the third country in the world to allow same-sex marriage.
In the next campaign for Spanish national election, November 29th, Vox has pledged to curtail gay pride parades, heaped ridicule on diversity lessons it wants to scrap in schools and has even drawn parallels between homosexuality and bestiality.
Spaniards must stop them!!!
