Romania’s anti-gay-marriage referendum offers gay, lbian, bi, and transgenr (LGBT) Romanians the opportuny to une, mobilize, and fight back.
Contents:
- ROMANIA MARRIAGE POLL: REFERENDUM TO BAN GAY UNNS FAILS
- ROMANIA’S REFERENDUM TO BAN GAY MARRIAGE FAILS
- THE RELIG RIGHT LOST THE FIGHT OVER GAY MARRIAGE THE U.S., BUT SE HOPE EASTERN EUROPE
- FIRST RSIA, THEN HUNGARY, NOW ROMANIA IS CONSIRG A 'GAY PROPAGANDA' LAW
- ROMANIA SETS DATE FOR REFERENDUM TO BLOCK GAY MARRIAGE
ROMANIA MARRIAGE POLL: REFERENDUM TO BAN GAY UNNS FAILS
Gay bar owner and novelist Alex Andronic fears a referendum this weekend Romania that aims to prevent same sex upl ever securg the right to marry not only darkens his future, will also stir an tolerable level of hate and discrimatn. * romania gay marriage referendum *
However, practice not much will change: Romania do not regnise gay marriage or civil Barna, of the opposn Save Romania Unn, the only major polil party to oppose the referendum, lled for the ernment's immediate rignatn for "wastg €40m ($46m; £35m) of public money on a fantasy" lg Social Democrats had strongly supported the party's lear, Liviu Dragnea, was due urt this week to appeal agast a jail sentence of three and a half years for his volvement a fake jobs sndal - but his appeal was layed for another month on Monday morng.
"They mt answer the people's wish, " he a change may be on the rds - at the end of September, the nstutnal urt led that gay upl should have the same rights as followed a June 2018 lg by the European Court of Jtice favour of a Romanian man, Adrian Coman, who had married his Amerin partner Belgium.
ROMANIA’S REFERENDUM TO BAN GAY MARRIAGE FAILS
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He says he was "met wh afeng silence" — silence that turned to vol homophobia the weeks before the vote. Romania did not crimalize homosexualy until 2001 — and only then bee was a prendn for enterg the European Unn.
THE RELIG RIGHT LOST THE FIGHT OVER GAY MARRIAGE THE U.S., BUT SE HOPE EASTERN EUROPE
U.S. evangelils phg a hard-le anti-gay agenda have moved on to Eastern Europe, where they allied wh the Orthodox Church and Rsia-lked nservative Christian groups to mpaign agast same-sex marriage. A referendum Romania this weekend will tt their strength. * romania gay marriage referendum *
"Romania was one of the last untri Europe to crimalize homosexualy, " he said.
"Until that happened, 2001, prisons were filled wh gay people. "Before that, Romanian jails were filled wh gay people, " said Viski, the LGBT activist.
FIRST RSIA, THEN HUNGARY, NOW ROMANIA IS CONSIRG A 'GAY PROPAGANDA' LAW
Romania only crimalized homosexualy 2001 and don’t not currently allow same-sex marriage.
ROMANIA SETS DATE FOR REFERENDUM TO BLOCK GAY MARRIAGE
Romanians will be asked this weekend whether they want to refe marriage as only beg between a man and a woman rather than “two spo”, a referendum that LGBT activists say is fuellg homophobia rult will have ltle practil effect, given that same-sex marriage is not legal Romania, and crics of the referendum, which was brought by a nservative NGO lled Coaln for the Fay, say has been seized upon by policians as a distractn tactic.