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US: Catholic LGBTQ Ministry Responds to Supreme Court Decision on Adoption Case

The Catholic hierarchy may think that they have achieved a stunning victory in the Fulton vs. the City of Philadelphia decision by the U.S. Supreme Court, but in fact it is a crushing defeat for the Catholic values of equality, respect, and human dignity of all people, including LGBTQ people. The decision is also a defeat for Catholic values of stable family life and the promotion of the common good.

Czech Republic: Don't worry, rainbow families will not slip towards us! The borders are guarded by the Constitutional Court

Most democratic countries in the world recognize the same adoption of same-sex couples. However, due to Monday's ruling of the Constitutional Court, the Czech Republic will continue to be the kingdom of inequality with firmly guarded borders, through which no rainbow family will pass.

Hungary: Ruling Parties Vote in 9th Constitutional Amendment

Lawmakers on Tuesday adopted the 9th amendment to Hungary’s constitution, stipulating that a mother is a woman and a father a man. The government-sponsored amendment passed with 134 votes in favour, 45 against and there were five abstentions.

Hungary amends constitution to redefine family, limits gay adoption

Hungary amended the definition of family in its constitution Tuesday to allow an effective ban on adoption by same-sex couples, another win for the ruling conservatives but decried by one pro-LGBTQ group as “a dark day for human rights”.