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Some of the provisions setting out the rights of sexual minorities in the final version of the Moraes report on the protection of minorities are inherently risky. The reason for this is that the overly broad concepts used in the report could result in too wide an interpretation of these rights.
The wording of paragraph 24, which calls on the Commission to eliminate obstacles to free movement in the EU for married or legally recognised gay couples, could serve as a basis for the recognition of certain legal rights held by gay couples. Only a small number of EU Member States give legal recognition to the latter.
This would amount to unjustified interference in the family law systems of certain EU Member States. Given that this area of law is out of bounds for integration measures, such interference is unacceptable.
The rights of faith schools could be curtailed on the basis of paragraph 22 if they were obliged to employ homosexual persons and include homosexuality in their sex education curricula. This could run counter to the ethos, beliefs and missions of such schools. A good example of a directive that makes no mention of such issues is the Equal Treatment in Employment and Occupation Directive (2000/78/EC).
Despite being urged to do so, Parliament failed to insert a clause underlining ‘the right of parents to raise their children in accordance with their own religious beliefs’. Worded in such a way, this right of parents is a universally recognised in international law.
In view of these decisions by Parliament, I have decided to vote against the report and the resolution."@en1
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