On the evening of August 29, Czech police announced a manhunt for Tomáš Čermák, who was convicted in July and sentenced to 5.5 years for promoting terrorism.
Lawmakers passing the country s same-sex marriage bill s first vote in parliament s lower chamber April 29 thrilled LGBTQ Czechs.
At the same time, the split government also voted on the opposition s bill to constitutionally ban same-sex marriage, which also passed. However, it would need a higher threshold to become law.
Czeslaw Walek, chairman of Prague Pride and head of We Are Fair Campaign, the country s organization fighting for marriage equality, was thrilled by the vote on the marriage bill, calling it a huge success, in an email to the Bay Area Reporter. It sent a signal that the change is possible if we vote for representatives that support our cause, he wrote, referring to the Easter European country s forthcoming October general election.
Lawmakers passing the country s same-sex marriage bill s first vote in parliament s lower chamber April 29 thrilled LGBTQ Czechs.
At the same time, the split government also voted on the opposition s bill to constitutionally ban same-sex marriage, which also passed. However, it would need a higher threshold to become law.
Czeslaw Walek, chairman of Prague Pride and head of We Are Fair Campaign, the country s organization fighting for marriage equality, was thrilled by the vote on the marriage bill, calling it a huge success, in an email to the Bay Area Reporter. It sent a signal that the change is possible if we vote for representatives that support our cause, he wrote, referring to the Easter European country s forthcoming October general election.
Czech children are unable to find loving homes with same-sex parents (Creative Commons)
The Czech Republic has ruled against adoptions from same-sex couples registered abroad as anti-LGBT+ rhetoric continues spreading across eastern Europe.
On Monday (11 January) the Czech Constitutional Court rejected a regional court’s proposal to amend a law that prevents same-sex couples registered abroad from adopting Czech children.
Same-sex couples are currently unable to adopt as adoption is restricted to married couples, and same-sex marriage isn’t legal in the Czech Republic. So the Prague Regional Court proposed changes to the wording on private international law, allowing Czech courts to recognise same-sex partners registered overseas.