Romania forced to legalize same-sex civil unions by Europe’s top human rights court aka "Democracy"

[Dragoon]

How democracy works in the EU:

The ruling in Strasbourg forces Romania to pass legislation that legally acknowledges same-sex couples despite polling showing most Romanians reject same-sex unions and marriage

The Romanian government must legislate to formally recognize civil partnerships between same-sex couples, Europe’s top human rights court has ruled.

In a judgment issued by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Tuesday, the socially conservative Eastern European country was ruled to be in violation of the right to respect for private and family life by refusing to acknowledge the civil unions of same-sex couples.

The case was brought to the Strasbourg court by 21 same-sex Romanian couples whose requests to marry had been rejected by their local registry offices due to Romanian law stating that marriage can only be entered into by a man and a woman.

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However, Romania has long been opposed to same-sex marriage. A 2017 Pew Research Center poll found that only 26 percent of Romanians supported same-sex marriage, and a 2019 Eurobarometer poll found that only 29 percent of Romanians thought same-sex marriage should be allowed throughout Europe, while 63 percent were against it.

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The new ruling follows a pattern in conservative nations of courts overruling the presumed rule of the people. For example, in Slovenia, the nation had rejected legalizing same-sex marriage in three national referendums only for the nation’s highest court to overrule these referendums and force the state to make same-sex marriage legal.


https://rmx.news/romania/romania-for...-rights-court/

[dviz]

There's only one party in Romania that dares to put that into law, but it polls at 10% (USR).

It's only schools that can move that percentage, but while teachers are mostly on the left, they're socially conservative too.

Romania is quite socially conservative overall, though what is understood by conservative in Romania is not the same as in the US.

[Cristiano viejo]

Welcome to the club

[Zohor]

Oh no some gays will be able to get married, truly fall of society

[dviz]

Oh no some gays will be able to get married, truly fall of society

There're no brakes on this train, from gay marriage to gay adoption, gay propaganda in school, gay porn in school libraries, drag shows and other perverts in kindergartens, hate speech laws, censorship etc etc.

They all come in a package, let's not pretend we can't see what's happening.

[Victor]

There're no brakes on this train, from gay marriage to gay adoption, gay propaganda in school, gay porn in school libraries, drag shows and other perverts in kindergartens, hate speech laws, censorship etc etc.

They all come in a package, let's not pretend we can't see what's happening.

Yeah it comes rapidly, they will never stop, after gaining some rights they switch to domination over everyone else in the society, first of all through indoctrination of the minors.

[Dragoon]

Ah yes... they "just want to be left alone"... imagine lying like that. And it was always a bunch of freaks and institutions which led the charge forcing it on the masses not any democratic process.

They deserve no "equal" special rights.

[Victor]

Ah yes... they "just want to be left alone"... imagine lying like that. And it was always a bunch of freaks and institutions which led the charge forcing it on the masses not any democratic process.

They deserve no "equal" special rights.

There should be no special rights for them, just all the same rights every regular citizen has. That's no one's business or problem what they prefer to do behind closed doors. I'm not interested to know what do they prefer, their pronouns etc. By the way, it goes even to Heterosexual people, I don't like the sex obsessed idiots and general sexualization of society, media, entertainment, such people remind me some kind of apes.

[Cybele]

Yes, this is a fine example of EU “democracy” in action lol. From the article:

The Romanian state now has a three-month period in which to appeal to a higher court within the ECHR; failure to do so will see the ruling become legally binding, forcing the government to legislate in favor of same-sex civil partnerships.

They cannot force a changing in legislation, if the Romanian Government will appeal it to a higher court within the ECHR in due time. But will the Government respect the opinion of the majority of Romanians? We’ll see.

It's only schools that can move that percentage, but while teachers are mostly on the left, they're socially conservative too.

That’s right. A special manual for professors (EGALITATEA DE GEN - PREDAREA ȘI INTEGRAREA ÎN ÎNVĂȚĂMÂNTUL PREUNIVERSITAR) was already created by some associations and it was disseminated. Even though tested at small scale, I doubt it will be embraced by everyone.


At the moment, a consent from parents is theoretically needed to teach these things, because according to Article 29 from the Constitution: “The parents or guardians have the right to ensure, according to their own convictions, the education of minor children whose responsibility rests with them".

[Seya]

Oh no some gays will be able to get married, truly fall of society

This is not about allowing gay marriages in Romania but legally recognize civil partnerships and marriages concluded somewhere else.