Lithuania’s parliament Tuesday backed a controversial child-protection law that aims to ban what supporters dub the promotion of homosexuality, overturning a presidential veto. Eighty-six of the Baltic state’s 141 lawmakers voted in favor, while six were against, 25 abstained, and the remainder did not take part. Gay rights campaigners blasted the move. “Parliament has demonstrated its will to institutionalize homophobia,” said Vladimir Simonko, head of the Lithuanian Gay League. Homosexuality is frowned upon by many in Lithuania, where the vast majority of the population of 3.3 million is Roman Catholic.

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