European Union orders Romania to recognise same-sex spousal rights

The Constitutional Court of the European Union have ruled that Romania must recognise the rights of same-sex spouses despite same-sex marriage being illegal in the country. The ruling comes after an extensive legal battle from Romanian Adrian Coman who was seeking to obtain rights for his American husband, Claibourn “Cali” Robert Hamilton. The couple had married in Brussels – where same-sex marriage is legal.

“We consider the court’s decision an important signal for the political class, which must look at the LGBT community carefully and approve a law that legalizes civil partnerships soon, to recognize gay couples, both from Romania and abroad,” LGBTQ rights group MozaiQ said in a statement to Reuters.

The ruling has been contentious in the extremely conservative and religious Romania – where approximately 85 percent of people belong to the Orthodox Catholic Church (or Eastern Orthodox Church.)

The political group Coalition for the Family has already gathered 3 million signatures to hold a referendum to ban same-sex marriage from ever being legalised in Romania.

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