Recognition of gay unions in Poland
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In 2004, under the previous left-wing government the Senate approved a bill allowing gay and lesbian people to register their relationships as civil unions. Parties to a civil union under the bill would have been given a great range of benefits, protections and responsibilities (e.g. pension funds, joint tax and death-related benefits), currently granted only to spouses in a marriage although they would not have been allowed to adopt children. The bill lapsed in the 2005 general election.
Only two parties, Alliance of the Democratic Left-Labour Union and Social Democracy of Poland, (both Social Democrats) support the bill, while Citizens Platform, League of Polish Families and Law and Justice (all conservative) opposed it. Samoobrona was indifferent and the Polish Peasant Party did not take a position.
The previous Polish government, led by the Law and Justice party, planned to amend the Polish constitution to constitutionally ban any recognition of same-sex relationships.
A new Registered Partnership bill was proposed to the government of Citizens Platform and Polish Peasant Party in late 2007. However the government rejected this proposal. It was the third bill since public debate on same-sex unions has began in 2000. The first one to recognise unregistered cohabiting couples (including same-sex) has been proposed in 2002. At present (2008) the new fourth bill on registered partnerships is being prepared by opposition Alliance of the Democratic Left. However this project has no chances to be passed in current parliament.
[edit] See also
- LGBT rights in Poland
- LGBT rights by country
- Timeline of LGBT history
- Homosexuality laws of the world
- Marriage
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