Posted on 06/05/2018 2:01:26 PM PDT by BBell
The European Court of Justice has ruled that a gay Romanian-American couple is entitled to the same residency rights as other married couples in the European Union.
Romanian Adrian Coman and his American husband Claibourn Robert Hamilton, have fought a six-year legal battle to get their marriage in Belgium legally recognized in Romania.
"I am so excited, that we are one step closer to being recognized as a family," Claibourn Robert Hamilton said.
And his husband Adrian also said he wants their marriage to be recognised.
"We cannot be something else than married, and we hope that it is only a matter of time until Romania finds a form of recognition," he said.
Their lawyer described how the ruling might affect other six EU states, Poland Latvia Lithuania Slovakia Bulgaria Romania.
"The decision is particularly important for the 6 member states - which right now do not have legislation either recognizing same-sex marriages or providing for civil partnerships," Romaniţa Iordache said.
In pratical terms the ruling means that as a non-EU citizen Robert Claibourn Hamilton will have employment rights and health benefits, previously denied to him, as Coman’s spouse.
Romania only decriminalized homosexuality in 2002.
He is so excited, good grief.
They’re going to get their asses kicked in Romania.
Ditto
Good riddance, if they move.
They’ll be fighting God forever in Hell if they think it will get any farther than that.
Time to EXIT from the EU if you want to keep any of what national sovereignty is left.
I will never get used to the terms “his husband” and “her wife.” It just seems so wrong.
Barf.
[[”I am so excited, that we are one step closer to being recognized as a family,”]]
You’re not a family- you are two individuals living in sin with a faux marriage license- Just because the government legalized marriage between two people of same sex doesn’t make it a legitimate marriage. The government bastardized the meaning of marriage by allowing such an abomination to be called ‘legal’
It is wrong. God has already spoken on the subject. Genesis 19. God killed them all. Then, in Romans 1, Paul says they're still worthy of death.
It doesn't make any difference how many people celebrate that filthy perversion, there's a Reckoning coming.
I’ve been there - know it well.
Most Romanians are reasonable people with at least a moral compass in contrast to their EU brethren.
I don’t see Coman and his male lover being accepted outside of Bucharest.
Yes indeed, and these pansies haven’t a clue about what comes there way.
The “fables” of Noah & Lot will look tame compared to what is coming.
His husband? My dogs are married too.
Never will I call them husband and wife, or what ever perverted, sick, twisted crap,< no pun intended> they want themselves to be called. Hell they are not even married to this family regardless of how many rings, or how many times they say they are.
EU like the fed means you just have to get 1 group to agree with you then they will force it on everyone else.
I had a thought, maybe the EU is now going to actively seek queers so the muzzies have a target other than them.
Time for Romania to leave the EU.
And to re-criminalize homosexual conduct.
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