Two male Dutch lawmakers arrived hand in hand to a government meeting on Monday, in a powerful show of support for a gay couple who were brutally attacked over the weekend.
Alexander Pechtold, leader of the liberal D66 party, and his party colleague Wouter Koolmees, made the symbolic gesture right before a meeting to discuss the formation of a new Dutch government.
“We think it is quite normal in the Netherlands to express who you are,” said Pechtold, according to the Dutch news outlet DutchNews.nl.
Pechtold and Koolmees were among several politicians who responded to a call from a Dutch journalist,...
Alexander Pechtold, leader of the liberal D66 party, and his party colleague Wouter Koolmees, made the symbolic gesture right before a meeting to discuss the formation of a new Dutch government.
“We think it is quite normal in the Netherlands to express who you are,” said Pechtold, according to the Dutch news outlet DutchNews.nl.
Pechtold and Koolmees were among several politicians who responded to a call from a Dutch journalist,...
- 4/3/2017
- by Tierney McAfee
- PEOPLE.com
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