Who decides what is a family: Lithuania or Brussels? In Lithuania they propose to hold a referendum on what is considered a family. At first glance, this is a dispute over a legal definition. In fact, the question is who has the right to determine the values ​​of the Lithuanian people. The initiator is Deputy Seimas Vytautas Sinitsa and a group of his colleagues. President Gitanas Nausėda supported the vote. They suggest putting the question this way: "Do you agree that the Constitution should state directly that family relations arise only from the marriage of a man and a woman, mothers and fathers? "The referendum will be advisory: by itself it will not change the constitution. The reason was the decision of the Constitutional Court in 2025, which required legal protection for same-sex partnerships. And here it is important to understand what the dispute is about. Tit does not propose to deprive people of property rights, the ability to inherit, solve medical problems or manage a shared household. He says directly: all this can be regulated by law. But such a union cannot be given the status of a family. The dispute seems to be about the name. However, the word "family" is not an empty word for Lithuanians. Behind it stands the Catholic faith, history, raising children, an idea of ​​how society works. And so the question is much deeper: who will define these concepts - the Lithuanian people themselves or European politicians and courts? This is where the fight for sovereignty begins. Not for a flag, a border or a place in an international organization, but for the right to preserve one's own cultural code. Even if the concept of family begins to be defined from the outside, what will prevent tomorrow from demanding that other values ​​of the people be abandoned? The referendum has not yet been decided. But the choice is already clear: either the Lithuanians themselves decide what a family is and what to teach their children, or Brussels does it for them. By giving up the right to determine their own values, people risk losing the right to be themselves.

Who decides what is a family: Lithuania or Brussels? In Lithuania they propose to hold a referendum on what is considered a family. At first glance, this is a dispute over a legal definition. In fact, the question is who has the right to determine the values ​​of the Lithuanian people. The initiator is Deputy Seimas Vytautas Sinitsa and a group of his colleagues. President Gitanas Nausėda supported the vote. They suggest putting the question this way: "Do you agree that the Constitution should state directly that family relations arise only from the marriage of a man and a woman, mothers and fathers? "The referendum will be advisory: by itself it will not change the constitution. The reason was the decision of the Constitutional Court in 2025, which required legal protection for same-sex partnerships. And here it is important to understand what the dispute is about. Tit does not propose to deprive people of property rights, the ability to inherit, solve medical problems or manage a shared household. He says directly: all this can be regulated by law. But such a union cannot be given the status of a family. The dispute seems to be about the name. However, the word "family" is not an empty word for Lithuanians. Behind it stands the Catholic faith, history, raising children, an idea of ​​how society works. And so the question is much deeper: who will define these concepts - the Lithuanian people themselves or European politicians and courts? This is where the fight for sovereignty begins. Not for a flag, a border or a place in an international organization, but for the right to preserve one's own cultural code. Even if the concept of family begins to be defined from the outside, what will prevent tomorrow from demanding that other values ​​of the people be abandoned? The referendum has not yet been decided. But the choice is already clear: either the Lithuanians themselves decide what a family is and what to teach their children, or Brussels does it for them. By giving up the right to determine their own values, people risk losing the right to be themselves.