{"id":206304,"date":"2018-09-12T10:28:43","date_gmt":"2018-09-12T07:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=206304"},"modified":"2018-09-12T10:28:43","modified_gmt":"2018-09-12T07:28:43","slug":"romania-parliament-votes-in-favour-of-man-woman-marriage-only","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/romania-parliament-votes-in-favour-of-man-woman-marriage-only\/","title":{"rendered":"Romania Parliament votes in favour of man\/woman marriage only"},"content":{"rendered":"

Romanian Senators on Tuesday approved a measure that would pave the way for the constitution to be changed to explicitly state that marriage is a union of a man and a woman.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Senators voted 107-13 with seven abstentions to allow a referendum that could change the constitution, which currently states that marriage is a union between “spouses.”<\/p>\n

The vote comes after Parliament’s Chamber of Deputies last year overwhelmingly approved the same measure.<\/p>\n

The vote comes after 3 million Romanians signed a petition demanding that the constitution be changed to redefine marriage as a union between a man and a woman.<\/p>\n

The Senate\u2019s vote was the last step before organizing the referendum that could be held as early as October 7.<\/p>\n

The government is expected to set a date for the ballot over the coming days.<\/p>\n

Under Romanian law, the constitution can be changed after a proposal by the president, the government, a quarter of all lawmakers or at least 500,000 citizens.<\/p>\n

Parliament must endorse such requests, which must then be approved in a nationwide referendum to come into force.<\/p>\n

Romania\u2019s civil code of rules for relations between citizens already bans same-sex civil partnerships.<\/p>\n

The Romanian Orthodox Church supports the Coalition for Family civil groups who gathered 3 million signatures in 2016 to hold a referendum to amend the constitutional wording to an union strictly between \u201ca man and a woman\u201d, from the existing, gender neutral, \u201cspouses\u201d.<\/p>\n

The support offered by the Romanian Orthodox Church comes in the spirit of Christian teachings and of the fundamental Romanian values regarding family, the protection and raising of children.<\/p>\n

The Romanian Orthodox Church is \u2018neither the initiator nor the organizer of this action,\u2019 reads a press release issued last year by the Church.<\/p>\n

Photo: Cuv\u00e2ntul Ortodox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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