Rainbow Families Protest New Amendment on Adoption The law that makes single parent adoption dependent on the family minister’s approval took effect on Monday. While Katalin Novák insists that the possibility of adoption still exists for suitable singles, Hungary’s rainbow family community argues that the new rules are clearly directed against them. They want the old system back, speculating that with the changes the most disadvantaged children would be ultimately deprived of the opportunity to grow up with a family. According to the changes (the proposal was handed in by the Justice Minister in November), a child, with the exception of adoption by relatives or spouse, could only be adopted by married couples, so that adopted children “could grow up in a truly long-lasting community of love.”