Romania’s civil code forbids same-sex marriage, and civil partnerships — whether between heterosexual or gay partners — are not legal. But the constitution’s gender-neutral formulation on marriage, which defines it as a union “between spouses,” has left the legislative door open to legalizing gay marriage.
The planned vote — which could be held as early as November — is the result of a campaign by “Coalition for Family,” which brings together more than 40 groups, many of them religious or describing themselves as “pro-life.” With the backing of the influential Orthodox Church, the organization collected 3 million signatures (Romania’s population is 20 million) in just a few months in 2015, enough to take the initiative to parliament.
All major political parties in Romania have expressed support for the constitutional change, with the exception of newcomer Union to Save Romania (USR), and the initiative is expected to be approved in parliament.
As long as participation exceeds 30 percent of the electorate, a vote in favor will give the green light to constitutional change, undoing decades of campaigning by LGBTQ groups in Romania and possibly putting the country on a collision course with Brussels.
Romania’s Coalition received legal assistance from the international chapters of several U.S.-based conservative Christian groups, including the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) and Liberty Counsel.
In response to repeated requests for comment for this article, the Coalition responded with three internet links — one to an article about alleged attacks on pro-lifers, another to a video of a kink festival, and another to an article about propaganda. It gave no further information.
Why is it that all these shithole Eastern European countries can enjoy all of the benefits of the EU without taking on any of the disadvantages? If you move away from EU values why in the hell are you rewarded for it, especially when your country offers absolutely nothing to the club.
What a joke.
Leo Richardson
>hold referendum are you fucking dumb?
Hunter Martinez
No?
Juan Gray
It won't actually change anything, it will just finally clarify that we don't want degenerate behavior in our country.
Lucas White
>prohibition doesn't work with alcohol or firearms >thinks the government can stop me from exchanging vows with my fiance lol you mongs are something else
Gavin Lopez
Fuck off queer larpers.
Noah Gray
Good, i will drive my grandma and her circle of friends to vote that day just to make sure they purge this degeneracy.
Blake Smith
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Cooper Murphy
>It won't actually change anything, it will just finally clarify that we don't want degenerate behavior in our country. >flag vino acasa,frate
Liam Lopez
>we don't want degenerate behavior in our country
Then instead of a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage you should have one banning Romania.
They just declared it unconstitutional and overruled them. That's how it works.
Democracy used to be about majority rule, with protections for minorities, now it's minority rule with an oppressed majority.
Ethan Harris
The only reason why fag marriage is bad is because of fag adoption, i.e. fags adopting niggers and bringing them into the country.
Camden Smith
What about niggers and whites who adopt white kids ensuring that the black man involved won't reproduce his genes?
Tyler Young
>banning Romania.
I support this message.
Jeremiah Lopez
we already have this shit for years over here but its still fucking glorious our jews had a tantrum when the law was passed and it was hilarious.
Jaxson Nguyen
Oh hes please ban these gay assholes. We should gas em all, but in germany we're currently ruled by globalist cultural marxist and all kinds of leftists. Gays need a bullet in the head not a ring on the finger
Asher Jackson
Fuck the (((EU))). Israel wont be thinking anything in Europe anymore soon.
The end.
Jeremiah Scott
Yeah, those are gypsies. Romania's answer to Pakis.
Did you know the gypsies were the only ones to mourn the death of Nicolae Ceauşescu because it meant no more free shit?
Lucas Baker
Stop wasting my time with non-issues.
Christian Stewart
>EU values
What, you mean faggotry?
Romania's population is declining as it is. Only the gypsies are breeding above replacement levels.
Christopher Moore
Gays are a convenient scapegoat for religious people since we don't have the numbers to defend ourselves in all countries against discriminatory laws.
