Around 1,000 people took to the streets of Bucharest for a gay pride march as participants demanded equal rights in a country where same sex marriage remains illegal.
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‘Around 1,000 people took to the streets of Bucharest for a gay pride march as participants demanded equal rights in a country where same sex marriage remains illegal.’
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But they face opposition after several NGOs linked to the Orthodox Church and united under the umbrella Coalition for Family last month brought a three million-strong petition to block same-sex unions in the EU member state which defines marriage as the "union between a man and a woman". ![twitter](https://images.medindia.net/icons/news/social/twitter.png)
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Accept, a group that promotes the rights of the LGBT community, is outraged that "for the time being the law does not recognize all kinds of family," Accept member Florin Buhuceanu told AFP.
Buhuceanu, adding that the Romanian state should extend constitutional rights to gay couples, said attempts to block change were "non-democratic" and he expected the Constitutional court would ultimately find to that effect.
Parliament will have to verify that the petition Coalition for Family accords with the law and if no irregularities are found Romania will then organize a referendum on the issue.
A minute's silence in memory of the Orlando shootings preceded Saturday's march.
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Participants brandished rainbow banners and slogans reading "diversity = normality".
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Source-AFP