ADDED ON: 02/20/2018

Religious Protests Against Gay Films Show Divide in Romania

02/19/2018 | Charlotte Observer

Religious protesters in Romania have disrupted the screenings of two movies featuring gay themes, saying they violate traditional values. In response, a new screening of the Cannes award-winning movie “120 Beats Per Minute” is going to be held Tuesday in Bucharest. The dispute illustrates Romania’s divided views about homosexuality, which remains a difficult topic in the eastern European Union member where more than 85 percent of its people belong to Christian Orthodox churches. Homosexuality was only decriminalized when Romania prepared to join the EU in 2002. Protesters calling themselves Christian Orthodox burst into a movie theater on Feb. 4 during the French AIDS drama “120 Beats Per Minute” by French director Robin Campillo. Days later, protesters disrupted another movie featuring a relationship with a Romanian man and an ex-convict from the nation’s oppressed Roma, or Gypsy, minority titled “Soldiers: A Story from Ferentari.”

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