Officials with UEFA—European soccer's governing body—ruled Tuesday that a rainbow display on the stadium itself would not be allowed, since UEFA is a “politically and religiously neutral organisation.”
A political message is exactly what Munich Mayor Dieter Reiter intended to send by lighting up the stadium in rainbow colors, to protest a Hungarian law passed last week. The new law bans the distribution in schools of any content viewed as promoting homosexuality, and it's strongly supported by the country's right-wing nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who's up for reelection next year.
After UEFA's Munich rejection, clubs in at least seven other German cities announced they would light their stadia in rainbow colors on Wednesday night in support of the Munich mayor.... [+]Fans wearing rainbow flags walk toward the Allianz Arena in Munich on June 23, 2021. A man holds a crate filled with LGBT flags outside the Allianz Arena in Munich on June 23, 2021. A drag queen shows support for LGBT rights outside the Allianz Arena on June 23, 2021.
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UEFA Blocks LGBT+ Rainbow Display At Munich StadiumI am a London-based reporter for Forbes covering breaking news. Previously, I have worked as a reporter for a specialist legal publication covering big data and as a freelance journalist and policy analyst covering science, tech and health. I have a master’s degree in Biological Natural Sciences and a master’s degree in the History and Philosophy of Science from the University of Cambridge. Follow me on Twitter theroberthart or email me at rhartforbes.com
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Soccer stadium's LGBT rainbow plan rejected for being too 'political'Plans to illuminate a Euro 2020 soccer stadium with rainbow colors to show support for LGBT+ rights have been rejected by UEFA for being too political. Extremely cool stadium wow Hopefully more venues will focus on sports rather than whatever political message being pushed. Some people will be angry, but those people aren’t worth the time anyway. More bs politics and sex in sports. Shut up and play ball.
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UEFA rejects request to light up Allianz Arena in rainbow colors for Euro 2020 gameEuropean football governing body UEFA has declined a request to light up Munich's Allianz Arena in rainbow colors for Wednesday's Euro 2020 match between Germany and Hungary. Another reason I won't watch the Olympics this year... Probably like most Americans just tired of hearing this BS Where is the 2022 world cup again? Stop forcing it on them!
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UEFA declines Munich application for rainbow-colored stadiumUEFA has declined the Munich city council’s application to have its stadium illuminated in rainbow colors for Germany’s Euro2020 game against Hungary on Wednesday because of its political context: to protest “homophobic legislation'' in Hungary. Good. UEFA just mucking it up again. Fuck UEFA
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Italian lawmakers reject 'interference' after Vatican protests anti-homophobia lawSenior lawmakers in Italy pushed back Wednesday against 'interference' from the Vatican after it protested against a draft Italian law designed to combat homophobia. Neoliberal empire is blowing up in so many entertaining ways. You too love yourselves 😂🤘🏼
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Hungary's new LGBT law contradicts EU values, Germany saysHungary's new law banning the 'display and promotion of homosexuality' among under-18s clearly violates European Union values, Germany said on Tuesday. But islam's LGBT law doesn't? As a German patrilineally descended of the coal mining colony Elversberg of the Saarland, I say that Bundesminister des Auswärtigen Heiko Maas & Staatsminister EU Michael Roth, of the Auswärtiges Amt, must go. Their position promotes child abuse.
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