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President vetoes controversial law

Jul 01, 2009
By TBT Staff

STRONG STAND: The president has vetoed a controversial law on homosexuality following protests.
VILNIUS - Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus has vetoed the controversial “Law on the Protection of Minors against the Detrimental Effect of Public Information” following protests in Vilnius and Brussels The president vetoed the law on June 26, after it had passed through its second parliamentary reading a week before. The veto came on the heels of a protest outside Lithuania’s Presidential Palace requesting the President of Lithuania to veto the law. Students, activists from the L ...

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