Most of the other parties, including ODS, which is split on the issue, will also give their delegates a free vote.
However, the KDU-ČSL spokesperson said that on laws about ethics the party’s delegates are given a free vote “based on their personal conviction” in parliament. “Marriage is a crucial part of for us and its meaning can not be changed, but we want to bring equal legal rights for everybody.” Marriage, as a bond of man and women, is a unique bond with the potential of transformation of new human life,” the spokesperson added. “Marriage is an important part of life for KDU-ČSL. But we will not support to allow same-sex marriage,” said a spokesperson for KDU-ČSL. “We believe that everybody deserves equal rights no matter who they love. As expected, it wasn’t supported by the far-right Freedom and Direct Democracy party (SPD), which sits in opposition. The amendment proposal was not signed by a delegate from the Christian Democrats (KDU-ČSL), a member of the five-party coalition government that took office in December. One dissenting voice has come from ODS’ own coalition partner. Credit: AP Photo Who is opposing same-sex marriage? People take part in the Prague Pride Parade march of gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transexuals (LGBT) in the centre of Prague, Czech Republic, on Saturday, Aug. “However, I have decided to express my opinion as a member of parliament directly by becoming one of the introducers of this bill.” “I fully respect the fact that there are differing views on this institution and that the cleavage on this matter is across political parties and opinion currents,” Baxa added.
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Martin Baxa, the Minister of Culture and vice-chairman of centre-right Civic Democrats (ODS), the largest of the coalition government partners, told Euronews that he signed the bill because it “will lead to the full equality of people of the same sex…a strong loving bond between people should be equal for all.” The draft was sponsored by a parliamentarian from four of the five parties of the ruling coalition government, as well as by a delegate from the main opposition party, ANO. “We firmly hope that this time the bill debate will be easier and faster, and our legislators will vote on the bill soon, so the bill can be referred to expert committees for its approval,” Milde said. The bill passed the first reading in May last year but stalled in the committees and died when parliament was dissolved ahead of national elections in October 2021. It took lawmakers 1052 days to finally vote on the bill to start the long legislative process, noted Milde, of the We Are Fair coalition. In June 2018, a draft of the marriage equality bill was introduced to parliament. Improving the rights of same-sex couples has been a long-time coming. Some 62% say they should be able to adopt children from institutional care. This issue hit the headlines after the famous snowboarder, Šárka Pančochová, adopted the daughter of her American wife but would lose her parental rights if she returned to the Czech Republic.Ī poll conducted by the Median agency in early 2020 found that 67% of Czech respondents reckoned homosexuals should have the right to get married. Last December an amendment failed to pass the Senate, the upper house, which would have forced Czech courts to recognise adoptions of children abroad by same-sex couples. Richterová, who is also vice-president of the Pirate Party, a member of the five-party coalition government, was one of the four co-sponsors of the motion.įilip Milde, the spokesman for Jsme Fer (We Are Fair), a coalition of local organisations advocating for LGBT rights, says the proposed amendment will help thousands of same-sex families with children who are not currently full citizens in the Czech Republic. “If more people want to bear the obligations of marriage, we should support it,” she added. “Both the pandemic and the current crisis have shown the importance of family and legal certainty, which is needed to address the fact that the other registered partner was not entitled to go to the child's hospital and request information about his or her health.” Olga Richterová, the Chamber’s deputy speaker, told local media this month