Tommy Tainant
Diamond Member
Romanian Family Referendum Fails to Meet Turnout Threshold
Romanian conservative organizations and the Orthodox Church failed to mobilize enough voters to pass a referendum aiming to change the definition of the family in the constitution to “the union between a man and a woman.”
Romanian human rights activists and some politicians cheered on Sunday night as a referendum aiming to change the constitution so that it would only allow marriage between a man and a woman has failed to overcome the 30 per cent turnout threshold.
Despite the government keeping polling stations open for two days and the country’s powerful Orthodox Church making efforts to mobilize supporters, only 20.4 per cent of Romanians cast ballots on Saturday and Sunday.
"We showed that we, as citizens, want a Romania based upon democratic values, a country where respect, equality and common sense guides society," Romanian LGBT rights organization Accept said in a press release sent to the media.
"We have been demonized for three years," Vlad Viski, director of MosaiQ LGBT rights organization said on Sunday, as a handful of activists celebrated in a pub in central Bucharest. "This is a signal that Romanians are not a people who like to hate. And it's a signal for the Orthodox Church that religion has no place in politics," he added.
What a refreshing change.This is a textbook case study of how church and state work together in order to stamp on human rights.
The government lowered the threshold needed to pass this nonsense and then kept the polls open for 2 days.
The low turnout surged a little on the sunday when the orthodox bigots ordered their flocks to get out and vote.
And yet they still got their arses kicked by decent Romanians who decided not to dignify this shitty bill.
And today the world is a better place.
Romanian conservative organizations and the Orthodox Church failed to mobilize enough voters to pass a referendum aiming to change the definition of the family in the constitution to “the union between a man and a woman.”
Romanian human rights activists and some politicians cheered on Sunday night as a referendum aiming to change the constitution so that it would only allow marriage between a man and a woman has failed to overcome the 30 per cent turnout threshold.
Despite the government keeping polling stations open for two days and the country’s powerful Orthodox Church making efforts to mobilize supporters, only 20.4 per cent of Romanians cast ballots on Saturday and Sunday.
"We showed that we, as citizens, want a Romania based upon democratic values, a country where respect, equality and common sense guides society," Romanian LGBT rights organization Accept said in a press release sent to the media.
"We have been demonized for three years," Vlad Viski, director of MosaiQ LGBT rights organization said on Sunday, as a handful of activists celebrated in a pub in central Bucharest. "This is a signal that Romanians are not a people who like to hate. And it's a signal for the Orthodox Church that religion has no place in politics," he added.
What a refreshing change.This is a textbook case study of how church and state work together in order to stamp on human rights.
The government lowered the threshold needed to pass this nonsense and then kept the polls open for 2 days.
The low turnout surged a little on the sunday when the orthodox bigots ordered their flocks to get out and vote.
And yet they still got their arses kicked by decent Romanians who decided not to dignify this shitty bill.
And today the world is a better place.
