Is it a colossal shock to you that a country whose voters would reject gay marriage by an almost two-to-one margin would be a former Communist nation?
Slovenians rejected same-sex marriage by a large margin in a referendum on Sunday, according to near-complete results, in a victory for the conservatives backed by the Catholic Church in the ex-communist EU nation.
The results released by authorities show 63.5 percent voted against a bill that defines marriage as a union of two adults, while 36.5 percent were in favor.
Slovenia’s left-leaning Parliament introduced marriage equality in March, but opponents pushed through a popular vote on the issue. The “Children Are At Stake” group has collected 40,000 signatures to challenge the changes before any gay couples were able to marry.
“This result presents a victory for our children,” said Ales Primc, the group’s leader.
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4 comments:
I wonder if same sex childbirth will be affected.
Good for them.
now there's a nation worth moving too.
The folks there have backbone.
Unlike our current administration and Liberal trends.
The same would happen here if the put it on the ballot once. Not two,three,four, five times then take it to the coruupt supreme Court to get what they want!!!!
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