Lithuania’s Parliament approved a censorship bill that aims to keep information about homosexuality away from children.

The law bans publicly disseminating material deemed harmful to the mental health and “intellectual or moral development” of minors, the AP reports.

The measure lists 19 examples of “detrimental” information, including material that “agitates for homosexual, bisexual, and polygamous relations,” instructions on how to make explosives and graphic depictions of violence or death. It also bars information that gives credence to paranormal phenomena, hypnosis or “promotes bad eating.”

While critics said the text violated the freedom of speech and international standards of human rights, others said the vague wording would make it difficult to enforce.

Right. I’ve seen some censorship in my times, but this is something else. Lithuanians have officially gone mad.

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