Hungary effectively bans same-sex couples from adopting children
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Participants march during the 22nd Budapest Pride LGBTQ Festival in Budapest in 2017. On Tuesday, Hungary altered its Constitution, effectively banning same-sex couples from adopting children. Photo by Zoltan Mathe/EPA-EFE
Dec. 15 (UPI) -- Hungary on Tuesday altered its Constitution to effectively ban adoption by same-sex couples.
The constitutional change allows only married couples and single people who receive special permission from the government to adopt children. Hungary does not permit same-sex marriage.
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Previously, gay couples were able to adopt children by having one partner apply as a single person, but the change ended this practice.