Tag: Romania
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The Coalition for Family’s Referendum Fails to Constitutionally Ban Same-Sex Marriage in Romania
A victory for LGBTIQ people in Romania was won on Sunday, October 7 as an initiative to constitutionally ban same-sex marriage in Romania failed to garner enough votes to move any further in the political process.
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Voters in Romania boycott restrictive referendum on definition of family
A referendum in Romania asking voters to restrict the constitutional definition of family has failed to reach the required 30% turnout target.
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MEPs write to Romanian Prime Minister: protect all families
In light of the upcoming constitutional referendum in Romania, aiming to change the definition of family as marriage between a man and a woman, Members of the European Parliament write to Prime Minister Viorica Dăncilă.
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Romania to hold referendum that could violate the rights of rainbow families
In a decision issued this morning (17 September), the Romanian Constitutional Court has approved a proposal (by 7 votes to 2) to hold a referendum on the definition of family.
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Romania moves closer to become Europe’s most homophobic country
Romania’s senate overwhelmingly backed a citizens’ initiative on Tuesday to change the definition of family in the constitution in a nationwide referendum, a move that could make it impossible to legalise same-sex unions in the future.
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Court Ruling Upholds Right of Same-Sex Couple to Live in Romania
Adrian Coman and Clai Hamilton finally have a chance to celebrate. The same-sex couple married in Belgium in 2010, but decided they wanted to live in Adrian’s native Romania (Clai is American).