The Turtle Bay and Beyond blog (covering international law, policy and institutions):
Yesterday, Slovenia held a post-legislative referendum on the new Family Code that was adopted in the Slovenian parliament in June 2011.
In a popular vote, 55% of voters rejected the new Family Code and 45% supported the law. Turnout was 30% on a sunny Sunday.
The people of Slovenia expressed their belief that motherhood and fatherhood are both unique and represent a fundamental value; for the good of a child,” said Aleš Primc, head of the Civil Initiative that proposed the referendum.
...This was a first referendum of this kind in an EU member state and is likely to become an important point of reference for any further legislation in this area in the region of Central Europe.
... On 3 February 2012 the Civil Initiative delivered well over 40,000 verified signatures, needed to hold a referendum on the new Family Code to the National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia.
Following the rejection of the new Family Code at this referendum, this legislation is now scrapped and Slovenia will go back to the drawing board, with a recently established new Slovenian government, and a clear message from the Slovenian people.
Let the people vote!
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Great news!
The post headline is untrue. The referendum did NOT represent a no on same sex marriage. It was a vote relating to adoption.
Why does this blog misrepresent so?
In the next blog we see how the UK gets it wrong. Here we see that at least Slovenia gets it right.
What a great result for children.
If the people of Slovenia vote that way concerning adoption, what makes you think that they would vote any differently on SS"M"?
And we want to be like Slovenia?!
Homophobia is never a value. Those who have been mislead into supporting the sin of homophobia as a basis for radical right-wing social enginnering experiments are doomed to disappointment. God is only going to allow Himself to be mocked by militant anti-gay activists for so long. We pray for His intervention and His smiting of those promoting the evil anti-gay agenda. Amen.
Wote in Slovenia was about both. It was about adopting and about SSM.
But Slovenian people see and understand the children as the top priority therefore such words given by Mr. Princ.
Is a 30% turnout REALLY representative of the people? REALLY?
In many communities it takes more than that to pass a school sports budget!
Shouldn't votes removing or granting civil rights require something like 2/3 or 3/4 or registered voters, similar to what is required to override a veto or to ammend the U.S. Constitution?
Do we really want 30% of ANY GROUP of people deciding the laws for ANY OTHER group of people?
That isn't want the U.S. Constitution is supposed to be about -- government OF the people, BY the people and FOR the people.