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Human rights court: Europe cannot be forced to redefine marriage
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com ^ | July 18, 2014 | Adelaide Mena

Posted on 07/18/2014 11:17:17 AM PDT by NKP_Vet

Strasbourg, France, Jul 18, 2014 / 02:56 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The European Court of Human Rights ruled that the refusal to recognize same-sex “marriages” does not violate the European Convention on Human Rights.

In a July 16 ruling, the human rights court explained that while “some Contracting States have extended marriage to same-sex partners,” European laws establishing the right of men and women to freely marry “cannot be construed as imposing an obligation on the Contracting States to grant access to marriage to same-sex couples.”

The applicant to the high European human rights court brought his petition after Finland refused to recognize the his 2009 sex change from male to female.

Finland, which does not recognize same-sex “marriages,” said it could not recognize the sex change of a person validly married to a person of the opposite sex. The country said it could only recognize the applicant’s new identity if his marriage to his wife was dissolved either by divorce or transformation into a civil partnership.

The applicant claimed that this refusal to accept same-sex “marriages” and its impact on the recognition of his new identity was a violation of his human rights.

However, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights found that Finland’s refusal to recognize same-sex unions does not violate the European Convention on Human Rights.

While the convention establishes the ability “to marry and have a family” as a right, the court stated that the document cannot be interpreted as requiring marriage to be defined in a way that includes same-sex couples.

The European Convention on Human Rights, the court explained, “enshrines the traditional concept of marriage as being between a man and a woman.”

The court also noted that applicants cannot claim “that there exists any European consensus on allowing same-sex marriages,” given that only 10 member states of the European Union recognize such unions, and the majority of countries recognize marriage as a union between one man and one woman.


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KEYWORDS: courts; eu; europe; europeanunion; family; gaymarriage; homosexualagenda; law; marriage
Well thank God that Anthony Kennedy is not sitting on the European Court of Human Rights. Can we trade a couple of their justices for the immoral losers that sit on the US Supreme Court?
1 posted on 07/18/2014 11:17:18 AM PDT by NKP_Vet
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To: NKP_Vet
Sodomy is not a human right!


2 posted on 07/18/2014 11:19:46 AM PDT by DannyTN (I)
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To: NKP_Vet

The EU got something correctly?????? Satan must be buying mittens.


3 posted on 07/18/2014 11:19:59 AM PDT by Cyman (We have to pass it to see what's in it= definition of stool sample)
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is ruthie Ginsberg going to follow this ruling?


4 posted on 07/18/2014 11:20:01 AM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: NKP_Vet

It appears as though Europe might have stolen our Constitution. I guess that’s okay. We were done with it anyway and are not using it anymore.


5 posted on 07/18/2014 11:20:06 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (The future must not belong to those who slander bacon.)
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To: NKP_Vet

Wow! These days that finding is pretty unexpected.

Maybe they were worried about losing Finland from the EU? But that kind of possibility doesn’t usually bother them.


6 posted on 07/18/2014 11:21:14 AM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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The bigger issue is the loss of national sovereignty to decide their own issues. A European Court? That is the problem.


7 posted on 07/18/2014 11:23:13 AM PDT by Salvavida (The restoration of the U.S.A. starts with filling the pews at every Bible-believing church.)
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To: NKP_Vet

The European Court of Human Rights ruled that the refusal to recognize same-sex “marriages” does not violate the European Convention on Human Rights.


Doesn’t the Supreme Court recognize international law?


8 posted on 07/18/2014 11:24:16 AM PDT by Linda Frances (Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness.)
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To: Cicero

“The European Convention on Human Rights, the court explained, “enshrines the traditional concept of marriage as being between a man and a woman.”

I’m moving to Europe. Let’s ALL move to Europe and leave the same-sex couples to pay ALL the taxes.


9 posted on 07/18/2014 11:36:18 AM PDT by kitkat (STORM HEAVEN WITH PRAYERS FOR OUR COUNTRY)
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Their taxes are higher than here, and most of the more developed countries in the EU do recognise sodomite unions, ie “marriage”.


10 posted on 07/18/2014 12:00:15 PM PDT by mrsmel (One Who Can See)
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Sanity? From Europe? Wow. We need to turn in our country card. That is, if Obama hasn’t already shredded it.


11 posted on 07/18/2014 12:11:40 PM PDT by Politicalkiddo (You cannot protect a child from child abuse by aborting it. Abortion *is* child abuse.)
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“most of the more developed countries in the EU do recognise sodomite unions, ie “marriage”.”

Glad you said “developed” countries instead of civilized countries. No civilized country would recognize queer “marriages”.


12 posted on 07/18/2014 12:14:58 PM PDT by NKP_Vet
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So when are the black-robed tyrants of Europe gonna step up to the plate and force the redefinition of marriage down the throats of European citizens?


13 posted on 07/18/2014 12:17:57 PM PDT by bkopto (Free men are not equal. Equal men are not free.)
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Translation: EU would have Balkanized if they ruled in favor of the sodomites, so they did the expedient thing.


14 posted on 07/18/2014 12:49:23 PM PDT by afsnco
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