Slovenia to hold public vote on whether to abolish equal marriage
By Micah Sulit
Slovenia will hold a referendum on December 20 to decide whether to keep or abolish same-sex marriage, reports the AFP.
In March, the EU member state’s parliament passed a bill redefining marriage as “a union between two consenting adults”, essentially opening the doors for same-sex marriage.
However, a conservative group backed by the Catholic Church appealed against it and gathered the 40,000 signatures required to force a plebiscite.
Supporters of the law have argued that human rights issues should not be decided by a public vote, but Slovenia’s constitutional court voted yesterday to hold the referendum, the Associated Press reported.
The equal marriage bill could be scrapped if over 20% of the electorate head to the polls and majority of them vote against it.
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