Hungary defines marriage as between man and woman, excludes same-sex adoption
by Michael Haynes, LifeSite:
Reports note that with the amendment, Hungary becomes the ‘first country in the European Union to define the concept of family at the constitutional level and to ensure the undisturbed development of children’.
The Hungarian Parliament has amended the country’s constitution to define marriage as being between a man and woman, and also passed a law effectively banning adoption by same-sex couples.
Under Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and his ruling Fidesz party, the amendment was passed yesterday in the National Assembly with 134 MPs voting in favor, 45 voting against, and 5 abstaining. The text is an amendment to the Hungarian Fundamental Law, and greatly strengthens the protections afforded to families.
The newly amended text reads: “Hungary protects the institution of marriage as the association between a man and a woman and the family as the basis for the survival of the nation. The foundation of the family is marriage and the parent-child relationship. The mother is a woman, the father is a man.”
Reports note that with the amendment, Hungary becomes the “first country in the European Union to define the concept of family at the constitutional level and to ensure the undisturbed development of children.”
Another passage included in the change is one which is to be inserted in the section on children, and stipulates the importance of Christianity in the child’s upbringing. The text reads: “Every child has the right to such protection and care as is necessary for his or her physical, mental and moral development. Hungary protects the right of children to self-identity according to their sex at birth and provides an upbringing in accordance with the values based on Hungary’s constitutional identity and Christian culture.”
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