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A constitutional referendum was held in Croatia on 1 December 2013. The proposed amendment to the constitution would define marriage as being a union between a man and a woman, which would create a constitutional prohibition against same-sex marriage.〔(Croatia to hold referendum on same-sex marriage ban ) BBC News, 8 November 2013〕 37.9% of eligible voters voted. After processing all of the ballots, the State Election Commission announced that 65.87% voted ''yes'', 33.51% ''no'' and 0.57% of ballots were disregarded as invalid.〔 The referendum was called after a conservative organization ''U ime obitelji'' (“In the Name of the Family”) gathered more than 700,000 signatures in May 2013 demanding a referendum on the subject.〔 The initiative was supported by conservative political parties, the Catholic Church as well as by several other faith groups. The ruling left-wing coalition opposed the amendment along with numerous human rights organizations and the majority of the Croatian media. ==Political background== A petition in favor of the change was organized by a Catholic citizens' group 'On behalf of the Family' (''U ime obitelji'') and collected over 700,000 signatures by May 2013.〔 The initiative was a reaction to the government's proposal to legalize same-sex partnership.〔Lajla Veselica (1 December 2013) (Croatia rejects gay marriage in referendum ) Yahoo. Retrieved 2 December 2013〕 The referendum was approved following a vote in the Sabor on 8 November in which 104 of the 151 MPs voted in favor of holding a referendum.〔 The group Citizens Voting Against was formed from 88 civil society organizations (led GONG, Center for Peace Studies and Zagreb Pride), supported by numerous public persons, film actors and actresses, academics, activists and politicians, including media such as Novi list and Jutarnji list and musicians, such as Severina, Dubioza kolektiv, Let 3, Hladno pivo, TBF and others. The Vote Against campaign claimed that the public faces of the initiative Željka Markić, Krešimir Planinić, Krešimir Miletić, Ladislav Ilčić, as well as members of their families, were simultaneously leaders of the referendum effort and candidates of the right wing political party HRAST. The Vote Against and the broader coalition of civil society organizations, Platform 112, claimed that the bank account listed on 'On behalf of the Family' web site does not belong to the initiative but an ''ad-hoc'' registered association ''Građani odlučuju'' ("The citizens decide") which was founded by the Vice-president of HRAST Krešimir Miletić. Željka Markić was furthermore criticized by opponents for allegedly being a member of the controversial Catholic organization Opus Dei. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Croatian constitutional referendum, 2013」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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