European Rights Court Rules Against Ukraine in Same Sex Union Case

I hope Ukraine will read the rules of both the EU which they have applied for and want to join. They expect their member to not discriminate against LGBT. Unions and gay marriage is very much encouraged but now with this ruling Ukraine should start doing good for the LGBT community, which right fights for Ukraine I silence many times. Let's be the opposite of Russia. If Russia what to kill LGBTQ you should be the opposite. Why? like Ukraine is said all humans are humans. Religion or who they love is not part of the government to interfere. Adam Gonzalez

 

PARIS, June 1 (Reuters) – A same-sex couple who tried unsuccessfully to get married at seven different register offices in Ukraine suffered discrimination, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled on Thursday. The verdict, in a case brought to the court by plaintiffs Andrii Maimulakhin and Andrii Markiv in 2014, adds to calls for increased protection for and recognition of LGBTQ rights in the country, whose constitution still describes marriage as between a man and a woman. The couple’s “sexual orientation had been the sole basis for the difference in treatment,” the court said. “(Ukraine’s) broadly worded aim of the protection of the traditional family could not in itself be accepted as a valid ground for justifying the denial” of equal rights, it added. The court ruled that Ukraine, a signatory to the European Convention on Human Rights, had violated articles on discrimination and the right to private and family life.

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