Voters in Romania weigh amendment barring same-sex marriage
BUCHAREST, Romania — Romanians have begun two days of voting on a constitutional amendment that would make it harder to legalize same-sex marriage. The vote has raised concerns that non-traditional families will be face discrimination.
A conservative group initiated the referendum being held on Saturday and Sunday, and the influential Romanian Orthodox Church is backing it.
The proposed amendment would revise the definition of family in the Constitution of Romania to make marriage “a union between a man and a woman” instead of “a union between spouses.”
Romanian law already prohibits same-sex marriages.