Commenting on the LGBT pride parade that took place in Vilnius on Saturday, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says the event was given too much prominence thanks to attempts by anti-LGBT opponents to draw attention to themselves.
“We have stated our position in a clear manner – rallies should not be prohibited in a legal democracy, and I think this got too much attention here in Lithuania and it was overstated due to the self-promotion attempts of certain forces and their efforts to demonstrate a different attitude just to get attention,” the prime minister said in an interview to Laisvoji Banga radio on Monday.
