Hungarian President Pardons Anti-LGBTQ Terrorist

Bloomberg News reports:

Hungary’s president pardoned a far-right figure convicted of terrorism hours before meeting Pope Francis in Budapest, a decision that risks damaging the optics of the pontiff’s visit with a highly charged domestic issue.

The pardon, issued late Thursday by President Katalin Novak, came on the eve of the Pope’s three-day visit. Novak will welcome the Pope to Budapest at a ceremony at the presidential palace on Friday morning hours after she issued the pardon for Gyorgy Budahazy.

Budahazy was convicted for participating in attacks against the homes of ministers and ruling party members of the Socialist-Liberal coalition that governed from 2006 and 2010. He’s also widely known for his anti-LGBTQ and anti-Semitic views.

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Novak appeared here last week when she bucked Orban by vetoing a snitch line that would target LGBTQ families, likely because it would strengthen the ongoing lawsuit filed by the European Union over LGBTQ rights. Shortly after being elected last year, Novak appeared on Pat Robertson’s Christian Broadcasting Network to boast about her anti-abortion and “anti-radical gender ideology” positions.

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