US EditionLithuanian MPs Propose Civil Partnership Law After Minister Declines to Draft Bill
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Lithuanian MPs propose civil partnership law after minister declines to draft bill
A group of lawmakers from Lithuania’s Social Democratic, Liberal, and Conservative parties have submitted amendments to the Civil Code to legalise gender-neutral civil partnerships, after Justice Minister Rita Tamašunienė said she would not prepare a government-backed partnership bill.
Justice Minister Rita Tamašunienė says the Lithuanian Peasants, Greens and Christian Families Union faction will not support the parliamentarians' initiative to legalize partnership in the Civil Code. "This is why our agreement in the coalition agreement was born, that on this value issue we will definitely not be able to support the position of the members of the large Social Democratic faction," R. Tamašunienė said on the LRT program "Dienos …
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