EKRE SPEECH

Today will go down in the history of Estonia as a great stain of shame, because the government, labeled as a coalition of liars with every reason, forcefully pushes through the marriage perversion law, which, ignoring the reality of human nature, distorts the meaning of marriage in the law in force in the Republic of Estonia, thus including homosexual relationships and giving so-called homosexuals the right to adopt strangers' children.

At the recent so-called sexual minorities parade in Tallinn, one of the participants carried a slogan that read: "We also want to desecrate the sanctity of marriage!" This is exactly what the bill in question is about - desecration of the sanctity of marriage in the name of the Republic of Estonia. Marital relationships, which are sacred to many people, are lumped together with homosexual relationships, which many consider impure. Thus, the meaning of marriage as it has been known in Estonia until now is destroyed.

Obviously, many people's relationship with the Republic of Estonia is severely damaged in this way, because it is difficult to love and respect a country that behaves like this. Social tensions are also raised in this way, conditions are created for the growth of intolerance and enmity and conflicts are intensified. It is by no means excluded that the ambition to divide society and make people quarrel with each other is hidden behind hollow slogans.

At the same time, we know very well that the legalization of so-called gay marriage is an ideological project, which is not based on the request to solve real social problems, but on the goal of reshaping society's values - to make society not simply tolerate homosexual relationships (they are tolerated anyway), but to approve them, to recognize as equal to conjugal relations. Of course, we know that the passing of the law will certainly be followed by the introduction of corresponding ideological brainwashing into kindergartens and schools, which will be used as tools for ideological indoctrination.

However, it is not only the planned amendment to the law that deserves disapproval, but also the false and disrespectful way in which this project is implemented - without asking and not receiving a mandate from the voters (in other words, clearly undemocratic), using false slogans and misleading the public (the so-called rhetoric of marriage equality) and in a hurry, only seemingly involving .

We remind you that only a few years ago, Kaja Kallas confirmed that there is no need to give constitutional protection to the definition of marriage in Estonia, as no political force is planning to attack the definition of marriage and rewrite it. However, we now see that the Reform Party led by Kallas is itself one of those forces that is doing just that, having kept silent on the relevant plan before the elections. In other words, the public has been lied to, as in a whole series of other issues.

The fact that the bill in question ignores is that the state does not have the power to rewrite the meaning of marriage and family by law or take away from children their natural right to a mother and a father. Marriage and family are not social constructs, but institutions based on human nature, the core of which is the fundamental difference and complementarity of men and women, which in turn enables the transmission of human life. As such, having and raising children and creating a supportive environment for this is at the core of the institutions of family and marriage.

Most certainly, distorting the meaning of marriage and family is against the constitution
with the obligation of the Republic of Estonia stipulated in the preamble to ensure the survival of the Estonian nation, language and culture throughout the ages and, in connection with this, to also ensure that the family as the foundation of the nation's survival and growth and society is under the special protection of the state. The reason why the family should be under the protection of the state lies precisely in the fact that the family is an institution as a natural environment for having and raising children, on whose well-being depends the ability of the Republic of Estonia to fulfill its obligation to ensure the survival of the Estonian nation, language and culture throughout the ages.

Unfortunately, the coalition of liars will not be distracted from the constitution. The members of the Constitutional Assembly have unequivocally confirmed that when drafting the text of the Constitution, it did not occur to anyone to think of family as anything other than the union between a man and a woman. The Ministry of Justice has also recently admitted that "at the time when the constitution was adopted in a referendum, both its drafters and the participants in the referendum understood the spouses mentioned in § 27 (2) of the Civil Code as husband and wife, because that was the understanding of marriage at the time." has not been changed, the Coalition of Liars assumes that the meaning of the Constitution has, as it were, changed on its own—changed to align with new ideological ambitions. This interpretation of the Constitution is simply ridiculous and makes a mockery of the idea of the rule of law.

Finally, let it be said that we conservatives will never accept the perversion of the meaning of marriage and family. On the contrary, we show total intransigence towards it, if necessary through civil disobedience. First, we do not recognize as marriage any union that deviates from the natural legal meaning of marriage as the union of a man and a woman. Second, wewe strongly oppose the teaching of an unnatural view of marriage in kindergartens and schools, and we will not allow our children to participate in school programs and classes that teach a distorted view of marriage by the state. Thirdly, we regard the decision of the Riigikogu of the Republic of Estonia to redefine marriage as illegal and an abuse of state power that deeply divides the nation, which we will oppose with all legal means and reverse as soon as possible.

Yes, now listen carefully to make it unequivocally clear: we will reverse your abuse of state power as soon as possible. At the same time, we are not going to listen to the stories that it can't be done in the slightest. You can. You turned the meaning of your marriage and family upside down, we can put them back on their feet. And believe me: not only can we do it, but we do, coldly, because it is our duty - for the simple reason that homosexual relationships have nothing to do with family and marriage.

In conclusion, I ask all members of the Riigikogu not to vote for this deeply wrong bill. It is a separate shameful story that the draft, with such serious ethical choices at its core, was linked by the government to the trust issue. In a country with an elementary political culture, this would be unthinkable, because it represents a violation of the conscience of the deputies.

Thank you for your attention!