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Croatians reject gay ‘marriage’ in referendum – ‘life partnership’ bill still expected

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A majority of Croatian voters said no in yesterday’s referendum to the implementation of “gay marriage” in their country. 65.8 percent said “yes” to the referendum question: “Do you agree that marriage is matrimony between a man and a woman?” The result, which also received support from 104 out of 151 parliamentarians, means that the country’s constitution must now be amended to exclude the possibility of gay “marriage.” The referendum has thrown up a major roadblock against the advance of the homosexualist lobby’s agenda in this country, which is nearly 90 percent Catholic.  Croatia 's parliament buildings.The referendum has thrown up a major roadblock against the advance of the homosexualist lobby’s agenda in this country, which is nearly 90 percent Catholic. Photo: Shutterstock In 2003, parliamentarians included “sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression” in the list of grounds for illegal discrimination and recognised “unregistered cohabitation.” In

Croatia government reveals same-sex civil unions law: pro-family petition gathers 750k signatures

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ZAGREB, August 13, 2013 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) – Croatian Public Administration Minister Arsen Bauk has said that the bill being drawn up to grant homosexual partnerings the same legal rights as marriages will not call the unions “gay marriage” or “civil partnerships,” but “life partnerships”. Under the draft legislation, homosexual partners will be able to inherit property, receive the same social security and tax benefits as couples in natural marriages.  Bauk told the Zagreb newspaper Jutarnij List that the government is still considering whether the legislation will allow adoptions. Bauk said, however, that the bill will include provisions for “one member of the couple to adopt the biological child of the other, if the natural parent is unknown or no longer alive.”  Minister Arsen Bauk told the Zagreb newspaper Jutarnij List that the government is still considering whether the legislation will allow adoptions. Croatia , an overwhelmingly Catholic country, has long allowed l

RE teachers cop it from Homosexual activists

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Image via Wikipedia Recent attacks on Christianity in Croatia in the name of anti-discrimination toward homosexuals have Christians taking to the streets in protest against what they term “Christianofobia.”  The spark for the protests is the case of one religious education teacher, Jelena Mudrovčić, who was accused of “homophobia” in her religion class and taken to court by a homosexual activist group. Sr. Valentina Mandarić, Director of Religious Education at the Archdiocese of Zagreb , which oversees the religious education (RE) programs, “This is not just a court case against RE teacher Jelena Mudrovčić but rather a case against … RE classes in state schools, which by the way are regulated in agreements between Croatia and the Vatican.” In Croatia, Catholic religious education classes are allowed in primary and secondary state schools, explained Mandarić.  They are an elective subject and parents must give permission for their child to attend. Mudrovčić, a religion teacher a