ZAGREB
More than 65 percent of people who voted at the referendum on definition of marriage, which was held on Sunday, voted “yes” to ban same sex marriages. Only 33.63 percent of people voted “no”.
The question was “Do you support the introduction of a clause to the Croatian Constitution that defines marriage as life-long union between a women and a man?”
However, the referendum had a very low turnout – only 37 per cent. Yet, the size of the turnout is irrelevant, since by the law there is no minimum threshold for a referendum to be valid and binding.
Based on the referendum, the Croatian constitution should be changed to define marriage exclusively as a union between men and women.
The referendum was organized by grassroots organizations headed by the organization “In the name of the family,” and supported by the right-wing parties and Catholic Church.
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