One of the four questions in the proposed referendum from Aliancia za rodinu (Alliance for the Family) on how a marriage should be defined was at odds with the Slovak Constitution, the country's Constitutional Court ruled on Tuesday.
The question asks whether or not one is in favour of withholding special protection, rights and obligations to a marriage which does not include a husband and a wife. The other three questions were deemed to be in line with the Constitution. The remaining questions concerned the use of the word marriage only when referring to the union of a man and a woman, a question on preventing same-sex couples from adopting children, and the idea of preventing schools from requiring that pupils attend classes dealing with sex education and euthanasia if their parents are against it. The court's view as to whether or not the proposed referendum on the protection of the traditional family complies with the Constitution was sought by President Andrej Kiska. The Alliance for the Family (AZR) collected over 400,000 signatures in its petition in support of the referendum before submitting the respective documents to the President's Office on August 27. As the president’s spokesman Roman Krpelan said, the decision of the Constitutional Court has not yet been formally delivered to the president, however the president will examine the ruling as soon as possible and then inform on his decision.
