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By: Nils Hinsberger
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The AfD stands for a traditional family image.
For Chrupalla, Weidel's marriage to a woman does not represent a contradiction - how does it fit together?
Berlin – The AfD is considered a consistent opponent of marriage for everyone.
The Lesbian and Gay Association (LSVD) clearly calls the party homophobic and points out anti-queer ideas in the AfD's program.
And yet the AfD has an openly lesbian co-leader in the Bundestag, Alice Weidel.
How does that fit together?
If you ask Tino Chrupalla, also co-leader of the AfD parliamentary group, that would actually be a good fit, said on Tuesday (February 6th) in the program “ Frühstart ” on the
RTL
and
n-tv
channels .
Despite the fact that Weidel has a registered civil partnership with a woman with a migrant background and is raising two children with her partner, she is a “traditional woman”.
In doing so, Chrupalla contradicts the definition of a traditional family image imposed in the AfD's party program.
Homophobia and sexism in the AfD – Chrupalla still wants to accept “other ways of life”.
The AfD has included the traditional image of the family in its basic program.
This is the constellation of “mother, father, child,” says Chrupalla.
Chrupalla does not explain further in the interview why Weidel still corresponds to the traditional image of the AfD.
“Why not?” he answers a question in an interview with
RTL
and
n-tv
.
AfD co-leader Tino Chrupalla (r.) considers Alice Weidel, also AfD leader, to be a “traditional woman”.
Although the AfD excludes homosexual people from their traditional family image.
(Archive image) © Christian Spicker/Imago
Despite their family ideology, “other ways of life in the private sector are also accepted by us,” says Chrupalla.
The LSVD contradicts this and refers to homophobic statements made by some members.
Beatrix von Storch belongs to the evangelical, Bible-believing wing of the AfD, which describes homosexuality as a “sin” or “not wanted by God”.
Björn Höcke, the Thuringian AfD leader, is also said to have made derogatory comments about homosexuality on several occasions.
Höcke said, among other things: “We stand straight and upright for the naturalness of the family, for the naturalness of sexuality, for what shapes society: the natural connection between men and women.
What else?"
According to AfD chairman Chrupalla, politics for women is “not desirable”?
The proportion of women in the AfD in parliament is just ten percent, notes the presenter of the program “Early Start”.
Is the AfD a men's party?
For Chrupalla, this is the decision of the women themselves. Since, according to him, no party can boast a proportion of women over 50 percent, Chrupalla concludes that politics “is certainly not that desirable for many women.”
In fact, according to studies, the unequal distribution of women in politics is primarily due to structural problems, such as women being interrupted more often in political discourse or being judged based on their appearance.
In order to change this, quotas for women could be introduced.
But the AfD doesn't believe in such quotas, where only "performance" counts, says Chrupalla.
For Chrupalla, the fact that the AfD's top candidate for the European elections, Maximilian Krah, described feminism as a "cancer" was just a "quibbling of words" that he didn't believe in.
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Weidel wants to “deal more loosely” with anti-queer sentiment in the AfD
But the criticism of the LGBTQ scene doesn't just come from the men of the AfD.
Alice Weidel herself, for example, criticized the commitment to LGBTQ rights at Christopher Street Day (CSD) in an
ARD summer interview
and described it as “another extreme”.
She doesn’t consider herself “queer” anyway.
According to Weidel, a “trans pop culture of a minority” is also being promoted in schools and daycare centers under the rainbow flag, which serves as a symbol for the rights of homosexuals and transgender people.
Citizens would want to protect their children from what Weidel calls a “gender quark”.
According to Weidel, discriminatory statements in her party “have to be dealt with a little more loosely.”
Because of these attitudes, the AfD is a danger for people who feel they belong to the LGBTQ scene, says the LSVD.
A lesbian parliamentary group leader wouldn't change anything.
The party wants to abolish marriage for everyone and opposes a general equal treatment law that prohibits discrimination against homosexual and transgender people.
The LSVD website states: “For the AfD, discrimination is obviously a fundamental right.
Alice Weidel doesn't help either.
The AfD is dangerous for queer people.”
(nhi)