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Slovenia officially legalized same-sex marriage earlier this week, October 4, after the country’s Parliament passed an amendment, with 48 MPs in favor, 29 against, and one abstained. Apart from the right to marry, the landmark law will also give same-sex couples the right to adopt children. This makes Slovenia the first Eastern European country to do so.
State Secretary Simon Maljevac, who presented the amendment to his colleagues, said: “With these changes, we are recognizing the rights of same-sex couples that they should have had for a long time.”
He added, “Slovenia is finally joining a number of countries in Europe and around the world that have already granted equal rights to heterosexual and same-sex couples.”
Way back in July, Slovenia’s highest court ruled that the country’s “law defining marriage as only for a man and a woman discriminates against same-sex couples.” Further, the ruling “stipulated that marriage is a life union of two people regardless of gender. Read more here.
Slovenia is reportedly the first former communist country to pass marriage equality laws in Europe, as same-sex marriage or even civil unions remain banned in most of its neighboring countries. Read the story in full here.
Last month, Cuba has also approved same-sex marriage and adoption through a referendum.
Other countries where same-sex marriage is currently legal included: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America. Aside from Chile, other Latin American nations that have recognized same-sex marriages included Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Uruguay, and Costa Rica.
This is a momentous decision for a country from the Russian Federation. I had wondered why Russia was so hateful toward non heteronormative people, until I realized the Russian Orthodox church is intertwined with the government. That, and the extreme attitudes of Putin to begin with, are the reasons. Consistently, countries with extreme religious control of government makes for oppression in all phases of quality of life.
Wow, unbelievable, meanwhile, America’s headed in the opposite direction.
Because the activists just had to spoil our gains by pushing too far. Trannies are the cause of all our problems.
As were transmissions in cars of your youth!
Our problems, belong to both sides of the isle, on that count.
Isn’t Slovenia where Melania Trump is from? Her husband has had two wives from eastern Europe. Maybe he could go there and grab a transwoman by the pussy. LOL
A beautiful country.
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