The boycott would be the first by a country because of a stance on a social issue.
Eurovision Song Contest 2014 winner Conchita Wurst performs on March 5, 2015 in Hanover, Germany.
The government has not provided an official explanation for the pull-out. But British media outlets, including Orbán has repeatedly stated that marriage should only be between men and women, and he initiated a “family first” policy to incentivize childbearing by traditional families. When Conchita Wurst, an Austrian singer and drag queen, won the contest that year, Russian legislators and politicians criticized the outcome, and Milonov called for a boycott of Eurovision for its “blatant propaganda of homosexuality and moral degradation.”
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