Slovenia Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage And Adoptions

Total Slovenia News reports:

The Constitutional Court legalised same-sex marriage and adoptions with immediate effect after finding a law under which only heterosexual partners can marry and same-sex couples cannot adopt children to be in contravention of the constitutional ban on discrimination.

Announcing the news on Friday, the court gave the National Assembly six months to amend the law accordingly, but until the law is amended its ruling stands as the law and means that marriage is a union between two persons regardless of gender, and same-sex partners living in a civil partnership may adopt a child together under the same conditions as married spouses.

The court deliberated on the matter based on a constitutional complaint by two same-sex couples who, respectively, failed in front of regular courts to marry or to make the list of candidates for adoption.

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Historic victory for #equality in Slovenia. I wholeheartedly welcome the Constitutional Court’s decision to legalise same-sex marriage and adoptions with immediate effect. Long overdue but justice prevailed in the end. ???️‍? @TheProgressives pic.twitter.com/sUvx8iSm4r

— Matjaž Nemec (@MatjaNemec) July 8, 2022

Slovenia: Court allows #gaymarriage by lifting legal ban. #Slovenia becomes the 15th #EU member with gay marriage. Huge victory for queer activists, but still a long way to go until equality is reached in the entire EU.?️‍??? pic.twitter.com/Mm5aJugyI1

— Bernd Thomas Riegert (@RiegertBernd) July 8, 2022