EU country must accept parental rights of gay couples, court says

The Synod of the Reformed Church of the Canton of Neuchâtel in Switzerland has decided to open up to the nuptial blessing for same-sex couples.

Regarding the Bulgarian constitution, the word “gender” can only refer to biological sex. Ratification of the human rights treaty against domestic violence (known as the so-called Istanbul Convention) would be anti-constitutional. That was the long-awaited interpretative decision, last week, of the Bulgarian Constitutional Court.

In a reaction to counter EU pressure, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has issued a referendum on child protection.