The anti-gender oath

Abstract

In a number of Catholic churches in Hungary, it is recommended to take an oath with which one can oblige oneself to “always detest and condemn every tenet of gender ideology and fight against it even to death.” So far, it is optional to take the oath; but its creator, Balázs Barsi — a Franciscan monk — expressed his hope that eventually it could be obligatory for the betrothed, just as for priests and bishops. Gender ideology is a pseudo-scientific term which, in the definition of its creator, entails the acceptance of “homo, bi, trans, etc. sexualities”. If someone takes the oath, they are obliged not to vote for a political party or support a social organization that is open to the modern interpretation of gender roles. By spreading such an oath, the church unforgivably attempts to influence the private and public life decisions of its followers.