An open letter to the Members of Parliament.
I would like to ask you not to vote for the amendment to the Constitution if you have the last remnants of common sense, rational thinking, and if you want to have a clear conscience and if you want to look in the mirror with a clear conscience after the vote. Try to convince other MPs not to vote for it.
My arguments are substantially more rational and factual than those that have been heard so far in the media or from politicians of either spectrum.
The proposed amendment is meaningless, it will not help anyone, and worst of all, the entire proposal is based on one of the most absurd and at the same time most successful hoaxes in the history of planet Earth about the existence of 69 genders and similar nonsense. Robert Fico actually stated in that context that the draft amendment to the constitution is for this reason.
Such a proposal for an amendment to the Constitution has nothing to do with either conservative or Christian values – the fear of the non-existent 69 genders comes only from pro-Russian conspiracy websites as part of the hybrid war.
If such a crazy amendment based on a paranoid conspiracy theory about the 69th gender were to succeed, then tomorrow we could also put such nonsense as "The Earth is flat" into the constitution.
What is the truth?
A small number of states recognize non-binary or indeterminate genders, the so-called third gender. No state recognizes more than 3 genders. Some states allow the gender field on ID cards to be left blank. Some states make the third gender conditional on a medical or psychological examination, while others have no conditions. These are a small number of states that allow some of these options, and paradoxically, they are mostly strongly conservative Christian countries in South America.
The existence of a third gender should not be demonized, as intersex people make up 1.7% of the population. To prevent these individuals from feeling ostracized, it is reasonable for them to have the option not to fill in the gender field, as gender is a sensitive topic for them.
The ban on adoption by same-sex couples, on the other hand, stems from the enormous paranoia and prejudice against homosexual people, which certainly does not belong in the cultural and civilized country of the 21st century.
It would be absolutely insane if an amendment to the constitution were to pass, which would be based on the paranoia of the non-existent 69 genders.
If the survey agency asked the question in the poll: "Are you terribly afraid of 69 genders?" I still think that the vast majority of people would say "no". There is no need to amend the constitution, which has no support from the majority of people.
I also consider it a major failure of the media that they have not yet explained to the people what the draft amendment to the Constitution is about.