Slovenia says yes to same-sex marriage

The small Balkan country of Slovenia has joined the growing number of nations worldwide to legalise same-sex marriage. In July of 2022, the country’s Constitutional Court found that the ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional.

Following this, the court ordered the National Assembly (lower house of parliament) to amend the Slovenian Family Code within six months.

The government, led by liberal green Freedom Movement PM Robert Golob, drafted an amendment bill that was voted on last October — where it passed by a vote of 48-29 (with one abstaining).

The news came after two prior referendums for equality in 2012 and 2015 both failed due to propaganda and fear-mongering campaigns from conservative movement ‘Children Are At Stake’. 

The Slovenia Ministry of Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities also shared a message on Twitter to celebrate the law coming into force, writing:

We are glad that the amendment to the Family Code, which eliminates the unconstitutional legal distinction between same-sex and opposite-sex couples in the possibility of entering into marriage and joint adoption of a child, finally enters into force today.

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