Long live the brides!
The Slovenian Parliament has just adopted an amendment authorizing the marriage of same-sex couples and adoption, following a ruling by the Constitutional Court.
The family law amendment was passed by 48 MPs.
29 parliamentarians voted against and another abstained.
Slovenia thus becomes the first country in Eastern Europe to legislate in this direction.
Most of its neighbors do not allow civil unions or same-sex marriages.
In Hungary, discussing homosexuality in front of minors has even been punishable by a fine since the summer of 2021.
“Rights that same-sex couples should have had for a long time”
In July, Slovenia's highest court ruled that the law defining marriage as the only union between a man and a woman discriminated against gay and lesbian couples.
It suspended the contested articles with immediate effect and ordered Parliament to amend the text within six months.
“With these amendments, we are recognizing rights for same-sex couples that they should have had for a long time,” Secretary of State Simon Maljevac told MPs when presenting the amendment.
A member of the European Union since 2004, this Alpine state of two million inhabitants joins 17 countries on the continent that have already legalized marriage for all.
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