Romania Outlaws Gay Marriage, Gay Adoption

Romanian President Traian Basescu has signed a new Civil Code enacted by Parliament that discriminates against gay people. Ironically, Article 30 of the new code bans discrimination based on sexual orientation even as Article 277 bans same-sex marriage, recognition of foreign same-sex marriages, and recognition of foreign civil partnerships, gay or straight. In addition, Article 462 prohibits two unmarried persons from adopting a child together. Article 258 defines "spouses" as a man and a woman united through marriage, and defines "family" as based on marriage between spouses. And Article 259 defines marriage as between a man and a woman and makes marriage a right. Full Story from Pride Source

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