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| Region | Romania |
| Issue | Same-sex marriage |
| Status | Banned |
| Start Date | 2009 |
| End Date | now |
| Description | The so called Civil Code (Law no. 287/2009) places a statutory ban on same-sex marriage in Romania. |
| Sources | https://rainbow-europe.org/#8655/0/0. https://legeaz.net/noul-cod-civil/art-259-casatoria-dispozitii-speciale-incetarea-persoanei-juridice |
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edited by Doomdorm64. updating
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| Description | The so called Civil Code (Law no. 287/2009) places a constitutional ban on same sex marriage in Romania | The so called Civil Code (Law no. 287/2009) places a statutory ban on same-sex marriage in Romania. |
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| Sources | https://rainbow-europe.org/#8655/0/0. | https://rainbow-europe.org/#8655/0/0. https://legeaz.net/noul-cod-civil/art-259-casatoria-dispozitii-speciale-incetarea-persoanei-juridice |
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edited by Canadianstudent03. The previous status didn’t stay true to the source
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| Value | Unrecognized | Banned |
| Start Date | Jan 2018 | 2009 |
| Description | Romania does not recognise same sex marriages, Including foreign ones. | The so called Civil Code (Law no. 287/2009) places a constitutional ban on same sex marriage in Romania |
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- Status is not correct "Same-sex marriage is not banned by the constituition"
edited by Canadianstudent03. The previous status was incorrect
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| Value | Foreign same-sex marriages recognized only | Unrecognized |
| Description | Marriage is defined between a man and a woman, But foreign marriages are recognised under EU pressure. Civil unions pending | Romania does not recognise same sex marriages, Including foreign ones. |
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- Newer law has been passed "Foreign Same-sex marriages are recognised only
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- Newer law has been passed "Foreign Same-sex marriages are recognised https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recognition_of_same-sex_unions_in_Europe"
- Newer law has been passed "Canadianstudent03 is vandalising as he says on other countries EU members must recognise foreign Same-sex marriages and Romania is in the EU some sort of troll"
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| Description | Marriage is defined between a man and a woman, as of 2023 no foreign same sex marriages have been recognized in the country. Civil unions pending. | Marriage is defined between a man and a woman, But foreign marriages are recognised under EU pressure. Civil unions pending |
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| Sources | https://rainbow-europe.org/#8655/0/0. Foreign gay marriages are not currently recognized in Romania, please stop. As lf 2023 no marriages between same sex people have been recognized in Romania, stop putting misinformation, thank you!:) | https://rainbow-europe.org/#8655/0/0. |
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- Status is not correct
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| Value | Unrecognized | Foreign same-sex marriages recognized only |
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edited by Samuel_NOT_Samuele. added
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| Sources | https://rainbow-europe.org/#8655/0/0. FOREIGN GAY MARRIAGE ARE NOT RECOGNIZED IN ROMANIA! STOP! | https://rainbow-europe.org/#8655/0/0. Foreign gay marriages are not currently recognized in Romania, please stop. As lf 2023 no marriages between same sex people have been recognized in Romania, stop putting misinformation, thank you!:) |
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edited by Samuel_NOT_Samuele. added
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| Value | Foreign same-sex marriages recognized only | Unrecognized |
| Description | Marriage is defined between a man and a woman but foreign marriages are recognised. Canadianstudent03 once again saying I vandalised while he is vandalising | Marriage is defined between a man and a woman, as of 2023 no foreign same sex marriages have been recognized in the country. Civil unions pending. |
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| Sources | https://rainbow-europe.org/#8655/0/0 | https://rainbow-europe.org/#8655/0/0. FOREIGN GAY MARRIAGE ARE NOT RECOGNIZED IN ROMANIA! STOP! |
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| Value | Unrecognized | Foreign same-sex marriages recognized only |
| Description | All forms of same sex marriage aren’t recognised in Romania. This article was vandalised by Vito12 and provided no sources for their claims | Marriage is defined between a man and a woman but foreign marriages are recognised. Canadianstudent03 once again saying I vandalised while he is vandalising |
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edited by Canadianstudent03. All forms of same sex marriage aren’t recognised in Romania. This article was vandalised by Vito12.
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| Value | Foreign same-sex marriages recognized only | Unrecognized |
| Description | Yet other mods are still abusing this. Foreign same-sex marriages are recognised only in Romania under EU pressure. Civil unions pending | All forms of same sex marriage aren’t recognised in Romania. This article was vandalised by Vito12 and provided no sources for their claims |
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| Value | Unrecognized | Foreign same-sex marriages recognized only |
| Description | Unrecognised as of 2023, though this could change in the future as same sex marriage isn’t banned in Romania’s constitution | Yet other mods are still abusing this. Foreign same-sex marriages are recognised only in Romania under EU pressure. Civil unions pending |
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| Sources | https://rainbow-europe.org/#8655/0/0 | https://rainbow-europe.org/#8655/0/0 |
edited by Canadianstudent03. Unrecognised as of 2023, though this could change in the future
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edited by Canadianstudent03. Unrecognised as of 2023, though this could change in the future
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| Value | Foreign same-sex marriages recognized only | Unrecognized |
| Description | Samuel_NOT_Samuele is continuing to violate the Website. He Is using info by saying the "government is homophobic" Please do not listen to Samuel_NOT_Samuele as his info is clueless. Also a person named Marius is an abuser too. He has changed homosexuality in Romania Illegal and just abusing. Also they both have been abusing the protections and the sources don't show what they are saying. Please do not listen to the two as they are mainly abusing Foreign same-sex marriages are recognised in The Republic of Romania, There is also no constitutional ban on same-sex marriage. Civil unions pending. | Unrecognised as of 2023, though this could change in the future as same sex marriage isn’t banned in Romania’s constitution |
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| Sources | https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recognition_of_same-sex_unions_in_Romania https://rainbow-europe.org/#8655/0/0 | https://rainbow-europe.org/#8655/0/0 |
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| Description | Samuel_NOT_Samuele is continuing to violate the Website. He Is using info by saying the "government is homophobic" Please do not listen to Samuel_NOT_Samuele as his info is clueless. Foreign same-sex marriages are recognised in The Republic of Romania, There is also no constitutional ban on same-sex marriage. Civil unions pending. | Samuel_NOT_Samuele is continuing to violate the Website. He Is using info by saying the "government is homophobic" Please do not listen to Samuel_NOT_Samuele as his info is clueless. Also a person named Marius is an abuser too. He has changed homosexuality in Romania Illegal and just abusing. Also they both have been abusing the protections and the sources don't show what they are saying. Please do not listen to the two as they are mainly abusing Foreign same-sex marriages are recognised in The Republic of Romania, There is also no constitutional ban on same-sex marriage. Civil unions pending. |
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| Value | Unrecognized | Foreign same-sex marriages recognized only |
| Description | The Romanian civil code defines marriage as the union between a man and a woman. No constitutional ban on same-sex marriage. Technically foreign same sex marriage should be recognized, but they AREN’T becuase of the homophobic goverment. | Samuel_NOT_Samuele is continuing to violate the Website. He Is using info by saying the "government is homophobic" Please do not listen to Samuel_NOT_Samuele as his info is clueless. Foreign same-sex marriages are recognised in The Republic of Romania, There is also no constitutional ban on same-sex marriage. Civil unions pending. |
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edited by Samuel_NOT_Samuele. foreign gay marriage are NOT recognized or registered in Romania even though they are forced to do so, stop vandalizing this page, thank you:)
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| Value | Foreign same-sex marriages recognized only | Unrecognized |
| Description | The Romanian civil code defines marriage as the union between a man and a woman but foreign marriages are recognised. Also there is no constitutional ban on same-sex marriage. I should also point out people like Samuel_NOT_Samuele and Marius are abusing the website. | The Romanian civil code defines marriage as the union between a man and a woman. No constitutional ban on same-sex marriage. Technically foreign same sex marriage should be recognized, but they AREN’T becuase of the homophobic goverment. |
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| Sources | https://www.ilga-europe.org/ | https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recognition_of_same-sex_unions_in_Romania https://rainbow-europe.org/#8655/0/0 |
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| Description | The Romanian civil code defines marriage as the union between a man and a woman but foreign marriages are recognised. Also there is no constitutional ban on same-sex marriage. I should also point out people like Samuel and Marius are abusing the website. | The Romanian civil code defines marriage as the union between a man and a woman but foreign marriages are recognised. Also there is no constitutional ban on same-sex marriage. I should also point out people like Samuel_NOT_Samuele and Marius are abusing the website. |
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- Status is not correct "Vito12 changed the status incorrectly "
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| Value | Banned | Foreign same-sex marriages recognized only |
| Start Date | Sep 2018 | Jan 2018 |
| Description | The Romanian civil code defines marriage as the union between a man and a woman so gay marriage is NOT legal. | The Romanian civil code defines marriage as the union between a man and a woman but foreign marriages are recognised. Also there is no constitutional ban on same-sex marriage. I should also point out people like Samuel and Marius are abusing the website. |
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| Value | (REMOVED) | Banned |
| Special Status | Ambiguous | (REMOVED) |
| Start Date | Jun 10, 2023 | Sep 2018 |
| Description | The Romanian civil code defines marriage as the union between a man and a woman. | The Romanian civil code defines marriage as the union between a man and a woman so gay marriage is NOT legal. |
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| Value | Foreign same-sex marriages recognized only | (REMOVED) |
| Special Status | (REMOVED) | Ambiguous |
| Description | The Romanian civil code defines marriage as the union between a man and a woman however foreign same-sex marriages are recognised | The Romanian civil code defines marriage as the union between a man and a woman. |
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| Value | Banned | Foreign same-sex marriages recognized only |
| Description | The Romanian civil code defines marriage as the union between a man and a woman. | The Romanian civil code defines marriage as the union between a man and a woman however foreign same-sex marriages are recognised |
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| Value | (REMOVED) | Banned |
| Special Status | N/A | (REMOVED) |
| Description | The Romanian civil code defines marriage as the union between a man and a woman. However there is no constitutional ban on same-sex marriage and pressure from EU to recognise same-sex marriages | The Romanian civil code defines marriage as the union between a man and a woman. |
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| Value | Foreign same-sex marriages recognized only | (REMOVED) |
| Special Status | (REMOVED) | N/A |
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| Value | Banned | Foreign same-sex marriages recognized only |
| Description | The Romanian civil code defines marriage as the union between a man and a woman | The Romanian civil code defines marriage as the union between a man and a woman. However there is no constitutional ban on same-sex marriage and pressure from EU to recognise same-sex marriages |
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| Value | (REMOVED) | Banned |
| Special Status | N/A | (REMOVED) |
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| Value | Foreign same-sex marriages recognized only | (REMOVED) |
| Special Status | (REMOVED) | N/A |
| Description | There is no constitutional ban on gay marriage in Romania. Civil unions pending | The Romanian civil code defines marriage as the union between a man and a woman |
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| Value | Banned | Foreign same-sex marriages recognized only |
| Description | The Romanian Civil Code defines marriage as the union between a man and a woman. | There is no constitutional ban on gay marriage in Romania. Civil unions pending |
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| Value | Foreign same-sex marriages recognized only | (REMOVED) |
| Special Status | (REMOVED) | N/A |
| Description | The Romanian state recognises only foreign same-sex marriages. However, the Romanian civil code defines marriage as the union between a man and a woman. | The Romanian Civil Code defines marriage as the union between a man and a woman. |
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| Description | The Romanian state recognises foreign same-sex marriages and there is no constitutional ban on same-sex marriage. Civil unions pending. | The Romanian state recognises only foreign same-sex marriages. However, the Romanian civil code defines marriage as the union between a man and a woman. |
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| Description | The Romanian state recognises foreign same-sex marriages and there is no constitutional ban on same-sex marrige | The Romanian state recognises foreign same-sex marriages and there is no constitutional ban on same-sex marriage. Civil unions pending. |
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| Value | Unregistered cohabitation | Foreign same-sex marriages recognized only |
| Description | The Romanian state recognizes only foreign marriages of the same sex, with the right of residence. Romania was obliged by the ECHR to take this step. However, the Romanian civil code defines marriage as the freely consented union between a man and a woman. | The Romanian state recognises foreign same-sex marriages and there is no constitutional ban on same-sex marrige |
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| Value | Unrecognized | Unregistered cohabitation |
| Start Date | (NONE) | Jun 10, 2023 |
| Description | No recognition of same-sex relationships and the Romanian governmet has no plans to do so | The Romanian state recognizes only foreign marriages of the same sex, with the right of residence. Romania was obliged by the ECHR to take this step. However, the Romanian civil code defines marriage as the freely consented union between a man and a woman. |
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