Croatia to Offer Equal Rights for Gay Couples
According to the newspapers Jutarnji List, Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic believes that a "stronger civil rights foundation" should be given to same sex communities.
"It is essential to assure greater judicial security to people who are also part of our community," said Milanovic.
He also announced the need for a public discussion about a way to meet this objective.
The government does not want to strengthen gay rights through the Family Law because it wants to avoid "strong resistance from the Catholic Church and a [religious] part of society.”
It is likely that rights for gay couples will be granted through the Law on Registered Partnership.
"It is elementary social empathy and politeness to accept people of different sexual orientation as normal," said Milanovic.
The current law on same sex communities adopted by the Croatian parliament in 2003, doee not allow any form of marriage rights to gay couples.
Source.
The headline is somewhat misleading, since this is by no means a done deal, and it looks like the government is jumping through some legal loopholes to avoid a religious controversy. But still, good news for a part of the world where being openly gay is still very, very taboo.
Edited to unlock...idek how that happened.
"It is essential to assure greater judicial security to people who are also part of our community," said Milanovic.
He also announced the need for a public discussion about a way to meet this objective.
The government does not want to strengthen gay rights through the Family Law because it wants to avoid "strong resistance from the Catholic Church and a [religious] part of society.”
It is likely that rights for gay couples will be granted through the Law on Registered Partnership.
"It is elementary social empathy and politeness to accept people of different sexual orientation as normal," said Milanovic.
The current law on same sex communities adopted by the Croatian parliament in 2003, doee not allow any form of marriage rights to gay couples.
Source.
The headline is somewhat misleading, since this is by no means a done deal, and it looks like the government is jumping through some legal loopholes to avoid a religious controversy. But still, good news for a part of the world where being openly gay is still very, very taboo.
Edited to unlock...idek how that happened.