Slovenia rejects same-sex marriages in a referendum (Reuters)

[Old Union Guy]

Slovenia rejects same-sex marriages in a referendum
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-slovenia-rights-idUSKBN0U30BS20151220

Slovenia rejected on Sunday a law that would give same-sex couples the right to marry and adopt children in its second vote on gay rights in four years.

About 63.4 percent of voters rejected the law in a referendum while 36.6 percent supported it, a preliminary result of the State Electoral Commission showed after 99 percent of votes were counted.

Parliament passed a law in March giving same-sex couples the right to marry and adopt children but the measures have not been enforced because a civil society group called For Children appealed to the top court, calling for a referendum.

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[shenmue]

1. ...

[aksptth]

2. Surprised

I'm surprised because I thought for some reason that recognition of Gay Marriages was part of the EU Constitution or whatever they call it. I thought I remembered that some countries had to change their laws in order to join the EU.

Maybe it was just a prohibition of discrimination.

[MillennialDem]

3. Sounds like the position we were in 10 years ago. Only a matter of time gay slovenes!

[LostOne4Ever]

4. Thing get better, but just not fast enough

[font style="font-family:'Georgia','Baskerville Old Face','Helvetica',fantasy;" size=4 color=#009999]My heart breaks for the LGBTQ+ people of Slovenia, and I hope that one day they will find the success that we have and then some.[/font]

[joeybee12]

5. Too bad...I've been to Slovenia and liked it

Problem is they've found a winning distortion...think of the children! It's a bs distraction but seems to be working, judging by what happened in Houston.

[nomorenomore08]

6. It also worked in California, albeit just barely - and, it turns out, quite temporarily as well. nt