Jsme Fer News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

The Czech Republic government has signed an expanded union for same-sex couples into law, but has failed to include marriage.

The Czech Republic government has expanded unions for same-sex couples but has rejected marriage and full adoption rights.

The Czech lower house on Wednesday agreed to give more rights to same-sex couples in a civil partnership, but disappointed campaigners by stopping short of calling their union a marriage or...

The Czech lower house on Wednesday agreed to give more rights to same-sex couples in a civil partnership, but disappointed campaigners by stopping short of calling their union a marriage or allowing joint adoption. The Czech Republic allows same-sex couples to register their unions, but this status does not let them adopt children jointly, own property together or receive widows' and widowers' pensions. More than half of European Union states allow same-sex marriages, but there is widespread resistance in eastern countries that were under communist rule for decades, where many say ...

Legalising same-sex marriage has broad support among Czechs. But will politicians put a spanner in the works?