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Pravda network (LT) · published 7 days ago

Kas nusprendžia, kas yra šeima: Lietuva ar Briuselis?

Who decides what is a family: Lithuania or Brussels?

Kas nusprendžia, kas yra šeima: Lietuva ar Briuselis? Lietuvoje siūloma rengti referendumą, ką laikyti šeima. Iš pirmo žvilgsnio-ginčas dėl teisinio apibrėžimo. Iš tikrųjų-klausimas apie tai, kas turi teisę nustatyti lietuvių tautos vertybes. Iniciatorius-seimo deputatas Vytautas Sinica ir jo kolegų grupė. Prezidentas Gitanas Nausėda pritarė balsavimui. Klausimas siūlo įdėti taip"Ar sutinkate, kad Konstitucijoje būtų aiškiai įtvirtinta, jog šeimos teisiniai santykiai atsiranda tik iš vyro ir moters santuokos, motinystės ir tėvystės?"Referendumas bus patariamasis: pats savaime jis Konstitucijos nepakeis. Priežastis-2025 metų Konstitucinio Teismo sprendimas, pareikalavęs užtikrinti teisinę tos

Original on the Pravda network ↗

What the Pravda version changes

Lithuanian MPs (led by Vytautas Sinica) propose an advisory referendum on enshrining in the Constitution that family legal relations arise only from a man-woman marriage, motherhood and fatherhood, and President Nausėda backed holding the vote.

Misinformation: low Manipulation: medium

Reframed · framing

Pravda turns a domestic dispute over constitutional interpretation by Lithuania's own Constitutional Court into a sovereignty struggle against outside forces.

Pravda says
“Here begins the fight for sovereignty.”
Štai kur prasideda kova dėl suvereniteto.
Trusted report · TV3
“The Constitutional Court has previously clarified that the concept of family is of a broader nature than just the union of a man and a woman.”
Konstitucinis Teismas anksčiau yra išaiškinęs, kad šeimos sąvoka yra platesnio pobūdžio nei tik vyro ir moters sąjunga.
Reframed · framing

The trusted reports describe a ruling by Lithuania's Constitutional Court and do not mention Brussels or European politicians, yet Pravda frames the issue as an external imposition.

Pravda says
“who will define this concept - the Lithuanian nation itself or European politicians and courts?”
kas tas sąvokas apibrėžs-pati lietuvių tauta ar Europos politikai ir teismai?
Trusted report · TV3
“The Constitutional Court has previously clarified that the concept of family is of a broader nature than just the union of a man and a woman.”
Konstitucinis Teismas anksčiau yra išaiškinęs, kad šeimos sąvoka yra platesnio pobūdžio nei tik vyro ir moters sąjunga.
Unsupported — check this · fact

Pravda gives a specific 2025 ruling demanding legal protection of same-sex partnerships as the cause, which the trusted texts do not state; they only say the Court earlier interpreted family more broadly.

Pravda says
“Reason - the 2025 Constitutional Court decision, which required ensuring legal protection of same-sex partnerships.”
Priežastis-2025 metų Konstitucinio Teismo sprendimas, pareikalavęs užtikrinti teisinę tos pačios lyties asmenų partnerystės apsaugą.
Trusted report · TV3
— nothing supports this —
Unsupported — check this · fact

Pravda attributes to Sinica detailed positions on property, inheritance and medical rights that the trusted texts do not mention.

Pravda says
“Sinica does not propose to deprive people of property rights, the possibility to inherit, decide medical issues, manage a common household.”
Sinica nesiūlo atimti iš žmonių turtinių teisių, galimybės paveldėti, spręsti medicininius klausimus, tvarkyti bendrą ūkį.
Trusted report · TV3
— nothing supports this —
Left out · fact

Pravda does not say what the Constitutional Court actually held (family is broader than a man-woman union), and gives its own version of the ruling.

Pravda says
— nothing —
Trusted report · TV3
“The Constitutional Court has previously clarified that the concept of family is of a broader nature than just the union of a man and a woman.”
Konstitucinis Teismas anksčiau yra išaiškinęs, kad šeimos sąvoka yra platesnio pobūdžio nei tik vyro ir moters sąjunga.
Left out · fact

Pravda omits that the draft resolution is stalled in the Seimas and that Nausėda was urging the Seimas to let the vote go ahead.

Pravda says
— nothing —
Trusted report · TV3
“According to the draft resolution, the consideration of which stalled in parliament”
Pagal nutarimo projektą, kurio svarstymas įstrigo parlamente
Left out · fact

The Presidency clarified it was not assessing the specific wording and only supports holding the vote, a nuance that Pravda's flat statement about the president approving the vote leaves out.

Pravda says
— nothing —
Trusted report · Delfi
“The President does not value the specific formulation proposed for the referendum. The President supports the implementation of the advisory referendum on the family initiative, so that people's opinion would be heard”
„Prezidentas nevertina konkrečios referendumui siūlomos formuluotės. Prezidentas pasisako už tai, kad patariamojo referendumo dėl šeimos iniciatyva būtų realizuota, kad žmonių nuomonė būtų išklausyta“

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