Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in Oxon Hill, Md., on Feb. 21, 2025. Jose Luis Magana/AP Photo
Posted on 09/26/2025 9:22:01 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Slovakia passed an amendment to its constitution that recognizes only two genders, along with other measures, through its parliament on Friday.
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in Oxon Hill, Md., on Feb. 21, 2025. Jose Luis Magana/AP Photo
The amendment, drafted by Prime Minister Robert Fico’s government, required a three-fifths majority to pass, and moved through the National Council with 90 of the 150 members backing it.
It states that Slovakia only recognizes two genders, male and female, and that Bratislava retains its sovereignty in matters of “national identity,” especially in “fundamental cultural-ethical questions.”
It also bans surrogacy and places tighter restrictions on who is eligible to adopt a child, heavily favoring married couples.
Slovakia’s constitution already defined marriage as “a unique union between a man and a woman.”
Parental consent will also now be needed before children can be taught sexual education, and it enshrines equal pay for men and women in the constitution.
Speaking at a press conference on Friday, Fico thanked all the MPs who supported the changes, and said it was not just a victory for his Direction-Social Democracy party, commonly known as Smer, but a victory for Slovakia.
“This is a shield that we have created. It can serve as an example for other countries. Liberalism and progressivism are destroying Europe. Let us be proud of what we’ve achieved,” he said, according to local news outlet News Now.
“This is Slovakia’s victory, not a victory for Smer. Slovakia has shown Europe and the world that we are here, just as we were centuries ago, and that we can say that we won’t let Brussels tell us that there is a third, fourth, or fifth gender.”
Campaign group Amnesty International criticized the amendment, saying that its passage was “devastating news.”
“Instead of taking concrete steps to protect the rights of LGBT people, children, and women, the Slovakian parliament voted to pass these amendments, which put the constitution in direct contradiction with international law,” said Rado Sloboda, director of Amnesty International Slovakia.
“Today is another dark day for Slovakia, which is already facing a series of cascading attacks on human rights and the rule of law.
“Instead of attacking human rights, the authorities should address the lack of legal protection for all families, marriage equality, and the rights of transgender and non-binary people, including access to health care and legal gender recognition.”
He said that Slovakia had opted to follow the lead of Hungary.
Hungary effectively outlawed Gay Pride parades and also passed a similar constitutional amendment recognizing only two genders earlier this year.
Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Michael O’Flaherty had urged Slovakian MPs not to approve the changes earlier this year, arguing they deny “the realities of trans and intersex people and may impact on human rights guarantees such as access to legal gender recognition.”
“Seeking to disapply specific rights because they touch upon ‘national identity’ would be fundamentally incompatible with the Slovak Republic’s international obligations,” he said.
High Five for Slovakia!
Another brave truthteller.
This amendment was originally submitted by Captain Obvious.
Good for them!
True.
Logical direction. Kudos to Slovakia.
Great news…stay strong, Slovakia!!
What the hell is this world coming to?
In other words, they followed the science, not the psychobabble.
No wonder they tried to take this guy out.
Bet he has a good credit score too LOL.
The headline could be from Babylon Bee
Stop teaching "sex" in our schools. Teach biology like they did when I was in school.....60 years ago.
All of the biologists are in Slovakia.
Recognizing two sexes.
Sigh.
(It states that Slovakia only recognizes two genders, MALE and FEMALE)
Matthew 19:4
English Standard Version
4 He answered, “Have you not read
that He Who created them
from the Beginning made them
MALE and FEMALE,
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2019%3A4&version=ESV
Genesis 1:27
English Standard Version
27 So God created man in His Own image,
in the image of God He created him;
MALE and FEMALE He created them
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%201%3A27&version=ESV
Same story from AP site with different spin:
Slovakia passes constitutional amendment to recognize only 2 sexes, sparking human rights concerns
https://apnews.com/article/slovakia-constitution-amendment-gender-25f350137d390725e06d286501cb2824
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakia’s parliament on Friday passed an amendment to the constitution that recognizes only two sexes, along with other measures that critics say might breach the country’s international obligations and undermine the protection of human rights. ...Emphasis added.
Saying there are only two sexes (not "genders") undermines the protection of human rights.
Slander is always their opening gambit.
I’m a democrat. What two genders did they choose?
The Slovakian language has three genders—masculine, feminine and neuter—so it would be interesting to see how this is written in Slovakian.
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