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Eugene

(62,646 posts)
Tue Dec 15, 2020, 07:20 PM Dec 2020

Hungary bans same-sex couples from adopting children

Source: BBC

Hungary bans same-sex couples from adopting children

15 December 2020

The Hungarian parliament has passed a law effectively banning same-sex couples from adopting children.

The legislation put forward by Prime Minister Viktor Orban's right-wing government says only married couples can adopt, with some exceptions for single relatives of the child.

Same-sex marriage is illegal in Hungary, but adoption has been possible if one partner applies on their own.

One rights group called the new laws "a dark day for human rights".

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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-55324417
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Hungary bans same-sex couples from adopting children (Original Post) Eugene Dec 2020 OP
I'm of Hungarian ethnicity and I'm ashamed of what .. CatMor Dec 2020 #1
and what Poland has become, too. Shame. CurtEastPoint Dec 2020 #2
Exactly .. both countries were under the Nazi's and communists .. CatMor Dec 2020 #3

CatMor

(6,212 posts)
1. I'm of Hungarian ethnicity and I'm ashamed of what ..
Tue Dec 15, 2020, 07:46 PM
Dec 2020

that country has become. They have to get rid of Orban and get back into the 21st century.

CatMor

(6,212 posts)
3. Exactly .. both countries were under the Nazi's and communists ..
Tue Dec 15, 2020, 08:23 PM
Dec 2020

I can't understand why the people are allowing this to be going on now.At least in Poland the women are fighting against it big time.

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