Romania, where gay marriage is illegal, had nied rincy to man’s Amerin hband<br>
Contents:
- WHERE EUROPE STANDS ON GAY MARRIAGE AND CIVIL UNNS
- ALL EU UNTRI MT REGNISE RIGHTS OF GAY SPO, ECJ L
- GAY US AMBASSADOR TO HUNGARY MARCH BUDAPT PRI MARCH
WHERE EUROPE STANDS ON GAY MARRIAGE AND CIVIL UNNS
* european union gay marriage *
More than 18 years after the Netherlands beme the world’s first untry to legalize same-sex marriage, Northern Ireland has bee the latt European jurisdictn to allow gays and lbians to marry. Northern Ireland is the 18th European jurisdictn to legalize gay marriage.
ALL EU UNTRI MT REGNISE RIGHTS OF GAY SPO, ECJ L
The Czech Republic is the only untry out of 19 surveyed Central and Eastern Europe where a majory of adults (65%) support gay marriage. 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.
GAY US AMBASSADOR TO HUNGARY MARCH BUDAPT PRI MARCH
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.
Longtemps crimalisée, l’homosexualé t jourd’hui légale dans to l pays l’Unn ropéenne et du Conseil l’Europe.
Mais nombrs égalés dros persistent entre l personn hétérosexuell et homosexuell, en particulier en matière d’unn civile et mariage. En 2001, l Pays-Bas sont ven le premier Etat à légaliser le mariage homosexuel. Dans l’Unn ropéenne, 14 pays torisent le mariage homosexuel.