In an article published by Associated Press this past Sunday it was stated that a Romanian referendum aimed to change the definition of family to make marriage a union between a men and women instead of "spouses" was invalidated due to low voter turnout. According to AP, it is required in Romania that at least 30 percent of eligible voters were needed to make the result of the referendum stand, but only 20.41 percent of the voting population actually participated. LGBTQIA rights group Accept stated that low turnout was a result of the people of Romania wanting their country to based upon democratic values. AP stated that marriage statutes already prohibit same-sex in Romania, but the Coalition for Family argued that is wanted to eliminate any ambiguity to the constitution. It is stated also the Romanian Orthodox Church backed the amendment and was disappointed by the low voter turnout. An interesting fact the article stated was that in one village only 62 people voted out of the total 1,147 in the voting population of that village.
Anthony Hernandez
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