Croats Set Constitutional Bar to Same-sex Marriage

Croats voted overwhelmingly in favor of defining marriage in the constitution as a “union of man and woman” on Sunday, a move initiated by Roman Catholic groups but criticized by opponents as discrimination against homosexuals.   Almost 66 percent of those who voted in the referendum in the new European Union member endorsed the initiative, launched by the Catholic group “In the Name of the Family,” according to preliminary results on Sunday night. Turnout was 37 percent.   The...

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