Serbian Patriarch: We will speak Serbian, not gender-sensitive language

“We do not and will not speak gender-sensitive language, but Serbian language. We will not agree to it that those who speak Serbian be denied human rights, and be punished for it,” said Patriarch Porfirije at a scientific gathering titled “Legal Aspects and Consequences of the Law on Gender Equality,” held at the National Library of Serbia.

He stressed that the Serbian people “particularly express disapproval over the fact that from kindergarten, through elementary and high schools and universities, a change in consciousness and way of life of the individual and society as a whole is imposed, by promoting gender or, more specifically, LGBTQIA+ policy and practices.”

“It is against every democratic principle that the personal preferences of a minority, which are not and must not be threatened in any way by anyone, become generally binding for the majority,” said the Patriarch.

He called on law professors, scientists, lawyers and other meeting participants to propose legal measures that should shift the focus away from this law that is, as he said, trying to completely change our way of life.