European Union imposes recognition of 'homosexual marriage' on all member states
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null / Credit: Reshetnikov_art/ShutterstockACI Prensa Staff, Dec 3, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA).The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled that all member states are obliged to recognize so-called "homosexual marriages" legally contracted in another country, even when this type of union is not valid under their own legal system.Although the CJEU clarified that the regulation of these types of unions remains the responsibility of each state, it requires all European Union countries to recognize the "fundamental rights" entailed by these unions, such as the right to private and family life and freedom of residence.The ruling, issued Nov. 25, concerns the case of a Polish same-sex couple who "married" in Germany in 2018. Upon returning to Poland, the authorities refused to record the union in the civil registry. The European Court of Justice has deemed this refusal contrary to EU law, meaning that all member states are now obligated to recognize the rights stemming from...
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ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 3, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA).
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled that all member states are obliged to recognize so-called "homosexual marriages" legally contracted in another country, even when this type of union is not valid under their own legal system.
Although the CJEU clarified that the regulation of these types of unions remains the responsibility of each state, it requires all European Union countries to recognize the "fundamental rights" entailed by these unions, such as the right to private and family life and freedom of residence.
The ruling, issued Nov. 25, concerns the case of a Polish same-sex couple who "married" in Germany in 2018. Upon returning to Poland, the authorities refused to record the union in the civil registry. The European Court of Justice has deemed this refusal contrary to EU law, meaning that all member states are now obligated to recognize the rights stemming from such a union.
Almost half of the European Union countries have not legalized same-sex marriage. This is the case in Poland, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Slovakia, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, the Czech Republic, and Romania.
The Catholic Church affirms that marriage is the exclusive union of one man and one woman, as the prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández, reiterated Nov. 25 during the presentation in Rome of the document titled "Una Caro (One Flesh): In Praise of Monogamy."
The Catechism of the Catholic Church states that in marriage "a man and a woman establish between themselves a partnership of the whole life." By its very nature, it is ordered "to the good of the spouses and to the procreation and education of offspring."
The Church has remained firm in this position throughout its history. Earlier this year, Pope Leo XIV reiterated this understanding during an audience at the Vatican: "The family is founded on the stable union between a man and a woman."
This story was first published by ACI Prensa, CNA's Spanish-language news partner. It has been translated and adapted by CNA.
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