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The LGBT flag was displayed in the Dutch parliament after initial agreement from the authorities, which was later revoked following intervention from the conservative Political Party of Protestants (SGP), causing controversy among various political factions. #LGBT #Holandia #polityka (translated)

Pepijn van Houwelingen wrote that a majority of the House of Representatives, according to him, did not want to rule out that young people would be imprisoned in the future if they did not fill out the Defense survey. According to him, in addition to the coalition parties, the elderly party, CU, SGP, and JA21 had no objections to that either. https://t.co/qqDlTtO73n #Defensie #Jongeren #Politiek (translated)

The author believed that only the Dutch flag or a provincial flag should be displayed on public buildings. He opposed rainbow, EU, and Palestinian flags on such buildings, claiming that they belonged at people's homes. He also said he disliked symbolic politics. In a hashtag, he used offensive language and referred to Piri and the SGP. #mafketels #piri #SGP https://t.co/f8OYVvSTk5 #Nederland #vlaggen #symboolpolitiek (translated)

The SGP stated that the Dutch flag should hang above the Dutch parliament, with exceptions for other national or supranational flags. The party described the rainbow flag not as a national flag, but as a symbol of interest groups and activism. According to the SGP, a motion had been submitted outside the usual order of debate that would require the raising of the rainbow flag next Sunday. The party wrote that this activism alienated many people, including those for whom the flag might have been intended. Because the House of Representatives represented the entire Dutch people, the SGP believed that caution was necessary with symbols that were not perceived as unifying by everyone. The party referred to the Dutch tricolor as the flag that united all Dutch people and said it would vote against the motion. https://t.co/F1BtVCURCb #Nederland #TweedeKamer #activisme (translated)

Caroline van der Plas wrote that, according to her, taxpayer money had been wasted on a roll-call vote requested by the SGP. A vote by party group, according to her, could have saved thousands of kilometers and overtime for parliamentary staff, including messengers, clerks, and security personnel. She also explained why she had voted against the motion regarding the rainbow flag. https://t.co/7VmqYzZloF #belastinggeld #politiek #stemmen (translated)

Flick asked why Kati Piri had chosen this moment to submit a proposal regarding the rainbow flag. He called it a power play and stated that Piri knew many members of parliament would not show up, which, according to him, would allow her to achieve a "disgusting majority." The shared message stated that members of parliament had to return for the vote and that the SGP wanted each member to vote personally. https://t.co/7itRUs29vQ #politiek #Kamerleden #democratie (translated)

Caroline van der Plas wrote that the entire House of Representatives had to return at 11:00 PM for a roll-call vote on a motion from PRO, Volt, 50PLUS, and the Party for the Animals. That motion called for the rainbow flag to be displayed at the House of Representatives building on Sunday, on Coming Out Day, and was, according to her, submitted during a debate on Foreign Affairs. Van der Plas wrote that the SGP had requested a roll-call vote and referred to the proceedings as "idiocy." https://t.co/Xc2e9XiFjB #Regenboogvlag #ComingOutDay #TK2023 (translated)

The SGP wrote that the Islamic confession of faith was increasingly being heard loudly in the streets of the Netherlands. According to the party, Islam thus demanded a more dominant place in public space than other religions. The SGP and JA21 submitted an initiative law. https://t.co/pCt38UVSLW #Islam #Nederland #Religie (translated)

JA21 wrote today in De Telegraaf that the party, together with the SGP, submitted a bill to limit amplified calls to prayer from mosques. According to JA21, the exceptional position that mosques were using could no longer be justified. https://t.co/rve4pGhXkj #religievrijheid #wetsvoorstel #moskeën (translated)

Gerard de Boer wrote that JA21 and SGP wanted a ban on the amplified Islamic call to prayer. He stated that the Council of State had described a ban on it last year in a report as "a far-reaching restriction of freedom of religion" and referred to the Council as the "D66 Council of State." https://t.co/vNOdX5XwJp #vrijheidvangodsdienst #politiek #Nederland (translated)

Just a bit bizarre: at Pauw & De Wit, editor-in-chief Pieter Klok of De Volkskrant states that democracy is about the will of the majority. It is, by the way, Chris Stoffer from the SGP who has to tell him that a democracy is precisely about the protection of minorities. #democratie #minderheden #gesprek (translated)