Hungary Court Drops Domestic Partnerships
 
 

"Hungary's Constitutional Court says it has annulled a law giving rights to domestic partners because it would diminish the importance of marriage. The law, passed by parliament a year ago, would have allowed unmarried or gay couples to register their domestic relationships beginning Jan. 1, 2009.

The court says the new legislation is unconstitutional because it would give unmarried heterosexual couples practically the same rights as married ones, "downgrading" the institution of marriage. At the same time, the court says, in its decision announced Monday, that a law allowing domestic partnerships for gay couples would not be unconstitutional — as long as it applied only to them and not to heterosexual couples, as well." [AP]

 
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No. 1 · Joe Moag

Guess I will be knocking Hungary off of my travel plans this year. Damn.

Posted: Dec 16, 2008 at 9:26 am
No. 2 · dvlaries

Yeah, how's that for a left-handed admission there's no 'separate but equal?' Not there, not here, not anywhere.

Posted: Dec 16, 2008 at 9:30 am
No. 3 · Confused

Oh my…I can't imagine who said "yes" to this new layout/design. Waaaay to hard to read/browse…

Posted: Dec 16, 2008 at 9:33 am
No. 4 · horus

oh well, no vacations in hungary.

Posted: Dec 16, 2008 at 11:42 am
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