O removing your logo from the association’s website ale prequested the ministry according to Diary N until now when you click on the location of the logo of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications the Alliance for the Family complained referring to that the ministry is headed by the people’s Marian Jurečka. Alliance for the Family she lobbied among politicians against marriage for same-sex couples and according to the Manipulators website, they repeatedly spread misinformation about the LGBT+ community.
“Yes, you see right. The Prague Pride association was also supported by the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, led by Marian Jurečka (KDU-ČSL)! Do ordinary people even know about this?” she stated in her the last newsletter Alliance for the Family with a link to the logo of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications on the Prague Pride website. “Maybe it’s time to ask them if it is the direction that KDU-ČSL has definitely taken,” added the president of the association Jana Jochová.
Logo removed
The following day, the ministry’s logo disappeared from the Prague Pride website. “On Wednesday, an employee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications called us with a request to remove the logo, because the ministry no longer supports associations,” she said Eliška Černá, spokesperson for the Prague Pride organizationknown for organizing the festival of the same name.
The ministry now claims that the association has not supported for several years. According to the authority received the festival Prague Pride financial support from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications under the previous leadership of the ministry.
“However, since there has been no support from the department for several years, the logo of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications was displayed on the Prague Pride website as balance from the previous election period, who the organizers forgot to remove” wrote the office in a press release.
Enhanced security measures
Ministry from Prague Pride distanced itself at a time when the Czech police are strengthening security measures around the upcoming Prague Pride festival in Prague for information about planning an attack on a recent similar event in Bratislava.
Conservative association Alliance for the Family in the past repeatedly spoke out against LGBT+ minorities. The head of the association, Jochová, for example, stated in the program of the server iDnes.cz that homosexuality is a disease, which should be treated. According to the Manipulátoři website, she also made false statements in the media information about the adverse effect of parenting in a same-sex couple on children.