Eastern Europe was once a world lear on gay rights. Then ran out of spegoats | CNN

Contents:

• SUPPORT FOR GAY MARRIAGE DOUBL ROMANIA
• ALL EU UNTRI MT REGNISE RIGHTS OF GAY SPO, ECJ L
• EASTERN EUROPE WAS ONCE A WORLD LEAR ON GAY RIGHTS. THEN RAN OUT OF SPEGOATS
• ROMANIA GAY MARRIAGE CASE COULD HAVE OUTSIZE IMPACT EUROPE
• CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS ULD REMOVE NEXT YEAR
• ALL 4 NY EPISPAL BISHOP NDIDAT WILL ALLOW GAY MARRIAGE IF ELECTED
• THE RELIG RIGHT LOST THE FIGHT OVER GAY MARRIAGE THE U.S., BUT SE HOPE EASTERN EUROPE

SUPPORT FOR GAY MARRIAGE DOUBL ROMANIA

Young adults show a higher gree of tolerance supportg any form of legal unn between people of the same sex, as do those who have a gay fay member or acquatance. The majory of those favourg same-sex marriag are also favour of gay upl raisg children. Three-quarters of those terviewed for the study say that legalisg gay marriage would not impact their liv any manner, and half agree that those om the LGBTI muny should benef om the right to herance.

Dpe the shift progrsive attus, the majory of Romanians still oppose legalisg gay unns.

ALL EU UNTRI MT REGNISE RIGHTS OF GAY SPO, ECJ L

There are have been a total of 21 gay upl sug Romania at European Court of Human Rights Strasbourg, over their lack of legal protectn the last few years. Socially nservative Romania crimalised homosexualy 2001, s later than other parts of the European Unn, but still bars marriage and civil partnerships for same-sex lg, which says the ernment has breached the European nventn on human rights, after 21 Romanian same-sex upl filed challenged wh the urt upl argued Romania's failure to regnise them as fai discrimated agast them var stanc cludg healthre cisns, jot medil surance, property and employment rights only afford to married Romanian ernment has three months to ci whether wants to ask the European urt to refer the se to s top chamber. EU untri that have not legalised gay marriage mt rpect the rincy rights of same-sex spo who want to live together their terrory, the European urt of jtice has led, a move hailed as a victory for human ECJ said member stat mt regnise the rights of all married upl to ee movement, no matter their genr or sexual lg me rponse to a se which Romanian thori were acced of discrimatg agast Adrian Coman, who wanted to be able to live his home untry wh his Amerin hband, Claibourn Robert Haton, wh whom he had been livg for four years the US before they married Bssels 2010.

EASTERN EUROPE WAS ONCE A WORLD LEAR ON GAY RIGHTS. THEN RAN OUT OF SPEGOATS

Opposn to same-sex relatnships n be strong Romania, where homosexualy was crimalised ’s father, Liviu, told the Associated Prs he was pleased wh the lg, which would make some aspects of their liv easier. Romanița Iordache, the vice-print of the Romanian gay rights anisatn Accept, said: “Startg om this moment onward, Romanian thori now have an obligatn to rpect the [ECJ] cisn, and ensure rincy rights and mimal regnn for all same-sex fai a siar suatn. Hungary’s hardle natnalist ernment passed a new law earlier this month banng ntent that “promot” homosexualy and genr change om beg shared wh children, effectively prohibg any discsn of LGBTQ them schools.

ROMANIA GAY MARRIAGE CASE COULD HAVE OUTSIZE IMPACT EUROPE

In dog so, Orbán has followed the playbook of Poland’s ernment, which has been chippg away at the rights of the LGBTQ muny for a number of years, adoptg discrimatory rhetoric and stokg homophobia. “There’s a real regrsn happeng many different untri, and rights that had been regnized are now beg challenged, ” said Evelyne Paradis, the executive director of the European branch of the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn (ILGA-Europe). Orbán, like the ernment Poland and some other untri, is tryg to prent homophobic polici as a way of protectg natnal valu.

“It’s not about homosexuals, ’s about the kids and the parents, ” he told reporters, addg that he was a “eedom fighter” durg Hungary’s munist era. She add that the ia of natn is often closely associated wh a tradnal fay and genr rol – another way to “other” the gay muny.

CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS ULD REMOVE NEXT YEAR

“You have plac like Germany, France, Spa where 85% or more say that homosexualy should be accepted by society and then once you’re past the dividg le, on the other si of the former Iron Curta, those numbers beg to fall pretty rapidly and then get even lower as you go to Rsia, ” he said.

ALL 4 NY EPISPAL BISHOP NDIDAT WILL ALLOW GAY MARRIAGE IF ELECTED

Acrdg to Pohter’s rearch, 47% of people Poland and 49% of people Hungary say homosexualy should be accepted. “When you look at the former Eastern bloc, the untri had a long tradn of really progrsive legislatn towards LGBTQ rights, Poland for stance crimalized homosexualy 1932, which is really, really early, ” Kościańska said. Duds said Hungary, too, was once ahead of Wtern Europe, crimalizg homosexualy 1961, although the muny remaed largely visible.

THE RELIG RIGHT LOST THE FIGHT OVER GAY MARRIAGE THE U.S., BUT SE HOPE EASTERN EUROPE

"Their weddg ceremony took place jt before more than 15, 000 people gathered the Buchart to fend LGBTQ rights as lawmakers ph for the new law that would ban any discsn of homosexualy or genr inty virtually all public and private spac, cludg schools, workplac, the ter and other mass media.

Hungary, Romania's neighbor to the wt, adopted a siar law June 2021 prohibg the distributn of ntent emed to promote homosexualy and genr change to people unr 18 school sex tn, films or TV mercials. LGBTQ activists have said that both Romania's bill and Hungary's law are moled on anti-gay legislatn enacted by Rsia 2013.