EU Court: Poland Must Honor Same-Sex Marriages

Courthouse News reports:

Poland should honor the rights of same-sex couples who got married in other EU countries, a legal adviser to the bloc’s top court said Thursday. EU advocate general Jean Richard de la Tour wrote in an advisory opinion for the European Court of Justice that the country should register the marriage certificate of two Polish citizens who wed in 2018 in Germany, where same-sex marriage is legal. In Poland, it is not.

The couple planned to move to Poland, but a clerk refused to transcribe their certificate into the civil register. Officials say gay marriage runs contrary to the fundamental principles of the Polish legal order. The adviser noted that member states regulate the status of persons, including rules on marriage, meaning they don’t ordinarily have to transcribe same-sex certificates. However, countries also have to follow EU law.

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Poland should honor the rights of same-sex couples who got married in other EU countries, a legal adviser to the bloc’s top court said Thursday. @lilyradz https://t.co/vwmqi1KywP

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