{"id":14133,"date":"2015-02-07T22:00:05","date_gmt":"2015-02-08T03:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/low-voter-turnout-kills-slovakias-anti-gay-referendum-on-marriage-and-adoption-rights\/"},"modified":"2015-02-07T22:00:05","modified_gmt":"2015-02-08T03:00:05","slug":"low-voter-turnout-kills-slovakias-anti-gay-referendum-on-marriage-and-adoption-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/low-voter-turnout-kills-slovakias-anti-gay-referendum-on-marriage-and-adoption-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"Low Voter Turnout Kills Slovakia&#039;s Anti-gay Referendum on Marriage and Adoption Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Low Voter Turnout Kills Slovakia&#039;s Anti-<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> Referendum on Marriage and Adoption Rights<\/b><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.towleroad.com\/2015\/02\/pope-francis-endorses-defense-of-the-family-denial-of-gay-marriage-and-adoption-rights.html\" target=\"_blank\">Pope Francis-backed<\/a>) referendum that would have reinforced Slovakia&#8217;s existing laws against <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> marriage and adoption rights has failed due to low voter turnout, <em>The Wall Street Journal<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/slovakia-referendum-on-gay-adoption-ban-fails-1423355269\" target=\"_blank\">reports<\/a>:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/towleroad.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c730253ef01bb07ec53a1970d-pi\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Slovakia\" src=\"http:\/\/towleroad.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c730253ef01bb07ec53a1970d-250wi\" title=\"Slovakia\"><\/a>Only 21.4% eligible voters cast their ballots, below the required 50% quorum in this predominantly Roman Catholic country of five million people to make the national-vote results legally binding, according to the Slovak electoral commission. Poll results were based on data collected from nearly all polling stations.<\/p>\n<p>The preliminary results showed that most of those voting in the referendum agreed to all three questions it asked: whether marriage can only be a union of a <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">man<\/a> and a <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">woman<\/a>; whether to ban same-<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a> <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">couples<\/a> from adopting children; and whether parents can let their children skip school classes involving education on <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a> and euthanasia.<\/p>\n<p>The Slovak anti-<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> vote followed a similar referendum that succeeded in Croatia, also a Roman Catholic EU member, in 2013. The different results reflect cultural differences within Europe on <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> rights. Some people in mostly ex-Communist eastern EU states, including also Hungary and Poland, are against what they view as excessively liberal policies such as legalizing various forms of same-<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a> unions and children adoptions by <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">couples<\/a> possible elsewhere in the 28-nation bloc, including Austria and the Czech Republic.<\/p>\n<p>Buzzfeed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/lesterfeder\/referendum-to-bar-same-sex-couples-from-marrying-and-adoptin?utm_term=4ldqpia&amp;bftw=lgbt#.iiGy3WyRX\" target=\"_blank\">adds<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>The Slovakian outlet SME.sk&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sme.sk\/c\/7631418\/minuta-po-minute-referendum-je-neplatne.html\" target=\"_blank\">reported<\/a>&nbsp;just after midnight local time that voter turnout was 21.3%, with 99% of precincts reporting. The outlet reported that 94% of those who cast ballots on Saturday voted in favor of the ban on marriage equality, but opponents of the initiative encouraged people to stay home so that a &ldquo;yes&rdquo; vote would be invalid.<\/p>\n<p>The ballot included three questions. The first asked voters if marriage should be defined as a union between a <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">man<\/a> and a <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">woman<\/a>. This was mostly symbolic, because Slovakia&rsquo;s parliament established that definition in the country&rsquo;s constitution in a June vote.<\/p>\n<p>The other two questions would have changed existing law if passed, asking if same-<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a> <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">couples<\/a> should be denied the right to adopt and whether parents should have the right to withdraw their children from sexual education classes.<\/p>\n<p>The referendum was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.towleroad.com\/2014\/10\/adf.html\" target=\"_blank\">backed <\/a>by anti-<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> U.S. organizations including NOM and Alliance Defending Freedom &#8211; as well as the World Congress of Families. These organizations&#8217; international anti-<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> efforts were <a href=\"http:\/\/hrc-assets.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/\/files\/assets\/resources\/HRC_Export-of-Hate-final.pdf#__utma=149406063.67442887.1406717953.1409226761.1410863539.4&amp;__utmb=149406063.0.10.1410864997&amp;__utmc=149406063&amp;__utmx=-&amp;__utmz=149406063.1410863539.4.2.utmcsr=rss%7Cutmccn=(not%20set)%7Cutmcmd=rss-feed&amp;__utmv=-&amp;__utmk=3069616\" target=\"_blank\">documented <\/a>last year&nbsp;in the HRC&#8217;s&nbsp;&#8220;The Export of Hate&#8221; report.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=SOHDuvjFz8M:AWu_hyv7qgU:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=SOHDuvjFz8M:AWu_hyv7qgU:I9og5sOYxJI\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=I9og5sOYxJI\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=SOHDuvjFz8M:AWu_hyv7qgU:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=SOHDuvjFz8M:AWu_hyv7qgU:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?i=SOHDuvjFz8M:AWu_hyv7qgU:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=SOHDuvjFz8M:AWu_hyv7qgU:cGdyc7Q-1BI\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=cGdyc7Q-1BI\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=SOHDuvjFz8M:AWu_hyv7qgU:YwkR-u9nhCs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=YwkR-u9nhCs\" border=\"0\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/towleroad\/feed\/~4\/SOHDuvjFz8M\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"><br \/>\nKyler Geoffroy<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.towleroad.com\/2015\/02\/low-voter-turnout-kills-slovakias-anti-gay-referendum-on-marriage-and-adoption-rights.html\" class=\"autohyperlink\">www.towleroad.com\/2015\/02\/low-voter-turnout-kills-slovakias-anti-gay-referendum-on-marriage-and-adoption-rights.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Low Voter Turnout Kills Slovakia&#039;s Anti-<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> Referendum on Marriage and Adoption Rights A (Pope Francis-backed) referendum that would have reinforced Slovakia&#8217;s existing laws against <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> marriage and adoption rights has failed due to low voter turnout, The Wall Street Journal reports:&nbsp; Only 21.4% eligible voters cast their ballots, below the required 50% quorum in this &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/low-voter-turnout-kills-slovakias-anti-gay-referendum-on-marriage-and-adoption-rights\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Low Voter Turnout Kills Slovakia&#039;s Anti-gay Referendum on Marriage and Adoption Rights<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2466,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[107],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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