{"id":1117906,"date":"2021-12-14T12:59:28","date_gmt":"2021-12-14T17:59:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1117906"},"modified":"2021-12-14T12:59:30","modified_gmt":"2021-12-14T17:59:30","slug":"all-european-union-nations-must-legally-recognize-same-sex-parents-court-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/all-european-union-nations-must-legally-recognize-same-sex-parents-court-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"All European Union Nations Must Legally Recognize Same-Sex Parents, Court Rules"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fall-european-union-nations-must-legally-recognize-same-sex-parents-court-rules%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1117906&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The European Court of Justice ruled on Tuesday that same-sex parents and children must be legally recognized as family in all member states.<\/p>\n<p>The ruling determined children have a legal guarantee of free movement between countries, a key right for European Union citizens. The right was used as the basis for the new requirement that all member nations must acknowledge the family relationship, rather than allowing individual nations the right to the decision.<\/p>\n<p>The case involved Bulgarian authorities who would not legally provide an infant daughter of a same-sex couple a birth certificate, claiming the child was ineligible to have two mothers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe court noted that in Bulgaria, where there is no same-sex marriage, the birth certificate has one box for \u2018mother\u2019 and another for \u201cfather\u201d where only one name may appear. The Bulgarian mother of the child objected,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/lifestyle-europe-spain-bulgaria-european-union-95b602f6749ae926334ce529522c15bd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Associated Press<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat refusal could make it more difficult for a Bulgarian identity document to be issued and, therefore, hinder the child\u2019s exercise of the right of free movement and thus full enjoyment of her rights as a Union citizen,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/curia.europa.eu\/jcms\/upload\/docs\/application\/pdf\/2021-12\/cp210221en.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ruling<\/a> stated.<\/p>\n<p>European LGBT rights group ILGA-Europe celebrated the court\u2019s decision.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe welcome the judgement of European Court that a child and its same-sex parents must be recognised as a family, the child should be issued a Bulgarian passport, &amp; the family should have free movement in all Member States of the European Union,\u201d the statement said on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We welcome the judgement of European Court that a child and its same-sex parents must be recognised as a family, the child should be issued a Bulgarian passport, &amp; the family should have free movement in all Member States of the European Union <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/parentswithoutborders?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#parentswithoutborders<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ILGA-Europe (@ILGAEurope) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ILGAEurope\/status\/1470692438754869249?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 14, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The ruling applies to all 27 members of the European Union. Only <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/lifestyle\/eus-top-court-boosts-the-rights-of-same-sex-parents\/2021\/12\/14\/82de5a84-5cf2-11ec-b1ef-cb78be717f0e_story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">16 member nations<\/a> have legalized same-sex marriage.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the E.U. nations that do not have a legal policy for same-sex marriage or civil unions are found in Eastern Europe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSame-sex marriage is now legal across the vast majority of Western Europe. One prominent exception is Italy, which has historical ties to the Roman Catholic Church. In spite of these ties, Italy began recognizing same-sex civil unions in 2016. Switzerland also offers same-sex couples the option of civil unions, but not full marriage,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/fact-tank\/2019\/10\/28\/where-europe-stands-on-gay-marriage-and-civil-unions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pew Research<\/a> noted.<\/p>\n<p>As The Daily Wire previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/european-union-threatens-to-withhold-aid-from-parts-of-poland-over-lgbtq-stance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> in September, LGBTQ issues remain controversial among many in European Union nations:<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><em>The European Union is threatening to hold back millions of euros \u2014$150 million \u2014 in cohesion funding to local areas in Poland due to&nbsp;their declarations and stances against LGBTQ ideology.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><em>As Bloomberg&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2021-09-06\/eu-threatens-to-block-150-million-to-poland-for-anti-lgbtq-laws?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_content=politics&amp;cmpid==socialflow-twitter-politics\">reported<\/a>, \u201cThe European Commission, the bloc\u2019s executive arm, sent letters to the governors of the provinces last week warning that if the resolutions weren\u2019t rescinded the money would be withheld, according to Polish media reports and confirmed by an official with knowledge of the situation.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><em>\u201cThe frozen funds are from the bloc\u2019s React-EU program, which was launched after the coronavirus pandemic to aid recovery efforts. The country\u2019s full allocation is more than 1.5 billion euros,\u201d the outlet explained.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><em>Several areas and towns in Poland have said that they are \u201cfree of LGBTQ ideology\u201d in order to reportedly push back on allowing events like pride parades from occurring in their areas.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The European Court of Justice ruled on Tuesday that same-sex parents and children must be legally recognized as family in all member states.The ruling determined children have a legal guarantee of free movement between countries, a key right for European Union citizens. The right was used as the basis for the new requirement that all member nations must acknowledge the family relationship, rather than allowing individual nations the right to the decision.The case involved Bulgarian authorities who would not legally provide an infant daughter of a same-sex couple a birth certificate, claiming the child was ineligible to have two mothers.\u201cThe court noted that in Bulgaria, where there is no same-sex marriage, the birth certificate has one box for \u2018mother\u2019 and another for \u201cfather\u201d where only one name may appear. The Bulgarian mother of the child objected,\u201d the Associated Press reported.\u201cThat refusal could make it more difficult for a Bulgarian identity document to be issued and, therefore, hinder the child\u2019s exercise of the right of free movement and thus full enjoyment of her rights as a Union citizen,\u201d the ruling stated.European LGBT rights group ILGA-Europe celebrated the court\u2019s decision.\u201cWe welcome the judgement of European Court that a child and its same-sex parents must be recognised as a family, the child should be issued a Bulgarian passport, &#038; the family should have free movement in all Member States of the European Union,\u201d the statement said on Twitter.We welcome the judgement of European Court that a child and its same-sex parents must be recognised as a family, the child should be issued a Bulgarian passport, &#038; the family should have free movement in all Member States of the European Union #parentswithoutborders\u2014 ILGA-Europe (@ILGAEurope) December 14, 2021The ruling applies to all 27 members of the European Union. Only 16 member nations have legalized same-sex marriage.Most of the E.U. nations that do not have a legal policy for same-sex marriage or civil unions are found in Eastern Europe.\u201cSame-sex marriage is now legal across the vast majority of Western Europe. One prominent exception is Italy, which has historical ties to the Roman Catholic Church. In spite of these ties, Italy began recognizing same-sex civil unions in 2016. Switzerland also offers same-sex couples the option of civil unions, but not full marriage,\u201d Pew Research noted.As The Daily Wire previously reported in September, LGBTQ issues remain controversial among many in European Union nations:The European Union is threatening to hold back millions of euros \u2014$150 million \u2014 in cohesion funding to local areas in Poland due to\u00a0their declarations and stances against LGBTQ ideology.\u00a0As Bloomberg\u00a0reported, \u201cThe European Commission, the bloc\u2019s executive arm, sent letters to the governors of the provinces last week warning that if the resolutions weren\u2019t rescinded the money would be withheld, according to Polish media reports and confirmed by an official with knowledge of the situation.\u201d\u201cThe frozen funds are from the bloc\u2019s React-EU program, which was launched after the coronavirus pandemic to aid recovery efforts. The country\u2019s full allocation is more than 1.5 billion euros,\u201d the outlet explained.\u00a0Several areas and towns in Poland have said that they are \u201cfree of LGBTQ ideology\u201d in order to reportedly push back on allowing events like pride parades from occurring in their areas.\u00a0The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a\u00a0member.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":325,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1117906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1117906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/325"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1117906"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1117906\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1117906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1117906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1117906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}