Poland's Constitutional Court has banned the recognition of same-sex marriages entered into abroad
Poland’s Constitutional Court has ruled that the registration in the country of same-sex marriages contracted abroad is unconstitutional.
The court unanimously declared unconstitutional the part of the Ministry of Digital Affairs’ regulation that provided for new forms of documents for registering marriages contracted outside Poland. Specifically, the issue concerned replacing the fields “husband’s information” and “wife’s information” with the gender-neutral wording “husband’s/wife’s information.”
The petition to the Constitutional Court was filed by lawmakers from the Law and Justice party, who argued that such changes undermine the constitutional definition of marriage as a union between a woman and a man.
The amendments to the documents were published in May and were set to take effect on August 23. Meanwhile, some registration authorities had already begun entering records of same-sex marriages concluded abroad into the registries.
Source: Polsat News.
The European Court of Justice ruled that Poland must recognize same-sex marriages contracted in other EU member states. Failure to do so violates EU citizens’ rights to respect for private life and freedom of movement.
Earlier, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán sharply criticized the largest LGBT Pride parade in Budapest’s history, calling it “yet another proof” of why the country needs a conservative government.
