Stefanchuk explained why it is impossible to allow same-sex marriages in Ukraine – Suspicion

Head of the Council: It is impossible to amend the Constitution during martial law

Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada Ruslan Stefanchuk explained why, while preparing amendments to the Family Code, the possibility of granting same-sex couples the status of marriage was not provided. This was reported by «Hlavkom» citing «Suspline».

According to Stefanchuk, this is prevented by Article 51 of the Constitution of Ukraine.

“The only question that honestly arose for us was about partnership. About granting the status of marriage. That is where the obstacle lies – 51 article of the Constitution. I honestly spoke with people who came and represented the LGBT+. They wanted this norm to be implemented. We told them that we could simplify the quality of norms, but recognition cannot be, because we are hindered by 51-th article of the Constitution, and the Constitution cannot be amended during martial law. But that will have to be a separate story. So this is the main discussion we had on the Family Code,” said the Head of the Council.

Also Stefanchuk noted that the authors of the draft new Civil Code provided for the right of workers to “informational peace” – the ability not to receive work calls and messages on weekends and outside working hours.

By the way, the Supreme Court upheld the first in Ukraine establishment of de facto marriage relations between two men – Ukraine’s embassy in Israel’s First Secretary Zoran Kis and his partner, public activist Timur Levchuk.