Recognition of same-sex unions in the Czech Republic

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The Czech Republic has offered registered partnerships for same-sex couples since 1 July 2006. Registered partnerships grant several of the rights of marriage, including inheritance, the right to declare a same-sex partner as next of kin, hospital visitation rights, jail and prison visitation rights, spousal privilege, and alimony rights, but do not allow joint adoption, widow's pension, or joint property rights. The registered partnership law was passed in March 2006 and went into effect on 1 July 2006. [1] [2] [3] The country also grants unregistered cohabitation status to "persons living in a common household" that gives couples inheritance and succession rights in housing. [4]

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A same-sex marriage bill passed its first reading in the Chamber of Deputies in June 2023, but was rejected at third reading in February 2024 in favor of a bill expanding the rights of registered partnerships. This bill was approved by the Senate in April 2024 and was later signed by President Petr Pavel. Opinion polls show that a large majority of Czechs support same-sex marriage. [5] [6]

Registered partnerships

There had been several attempts to allow same-sex registered partnerships in the Czech Republic. In 1998, a partnership bill reached the Chamber of Deputies, but was defeated by two votes. [7] In 1999, the chamber voted against another bill. [8] [9] In February 2001, the Zeman Cabinet presented a third bill, which was rejected by Parliament in October 2001. [10] [11] [12] On 11 February 2005, another bill was defeated by one vote. It was backed by 82 out of the 165 deputies present, most voting in favour being Social Democrats, Communists, Freedom Union members and some deputies from the opposition Civic Democratic Party (ODS). [13]

In April 2005, a partnership bill passed its first reading in the Chamber with 82 votes for and 9 against. On 16 December 2005, it passed its third reading with 86 votes for, 54 against, and 7 abstentions. [14] The legislation established registered partnerships (Czech : registrované partnerství, pronounced [ˈrɛɡɪstrovanɛːˈpartnɛrstviː] ) for same-sex couples, providing several of the rights of marriage, including inheritance, the right to declare a same-sex partner as next of kin, hospital visitation rights, jail and prison visitation rights, spousal privilege and alimony rights, but not allowing joint adoption rights, widow's pension, or joint property rights.

16 December 2005 vote in the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic [15]
PartyVoted forVoted againstAbstainedAbsent or excused
 G  Czech Social Democratic Party -
  Civic Democratic Party
  Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia
 G  Christian and Democratic Union --
 G  Freedom Union – Democratic Union -
  Independents---
Total 8654753

The legislation was passed by the Senate on 26 January 2006 in a 65–14 vote. [16] [17]

On 16 February 2006, President Václav Klaus vetoed the bill. [18] [19] [20] In response, Prime Minister Jiří Paroubek said that he would seek a parliamentary majority (101 votes) in the lower chamber to override the veto and did so successfully on 15 March 2006 with the exact number of votes needed (101) out of 177 votes cast. [21] [22] [23] [24]

15 March 2006 vote in the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic [25]
PartyVoted forVoted againstAbstainedAbsent or excused
 G  Czech Social Democratic Party
1
  • Eva Nováková (Abs)
  Civic Democratic Party
  Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia
 G  Christian and Democratic Union --
 G  Freedom Union – Democratic Union --
  Independents---
Total 101571821

In September 2014, a group of deputies introduced a bill to permit a person to adopt the stepchild(ren) of their registered partner (i.e. stepchild adoption). [26] In October 2014, the Sobotka Cabinet decided not to take an official stance on the bill. [27] Instead, on 24 October 2016, it approved its own draft bill on the issue, and introduced it to Parliament on 8 November. [28] [29] [30] [31] [32] The bills were not brought to a vote before the 2017 legislative election.

There are a number of differences between registered partnerships and marriage. Registered partners do not have the same rights to shared property as married couples, do not receive the same tax benefits, and do not have the right to a widow or widower's pension or adoption rights. [33] Another major distinction was that registered partnerships could only be performed in the 14 regional capitals, whereas marriages can be performed in over 1,200 registry offices throughout the country. This was noted in a July 2016 report by the ombudsman office, which also stated that a dying person in a hospital could not enter into a partnership because of these restrictions. [34] A law which took effect on 1 January 2024 changed this requirement, allowing registered partnerships to be concluded at all registry offices in the country. [35]

Expansion of rights in 2025

In 2022, a group of lawmakers introduced a same-sex marriage bill to the Chamber of Deputies. In November 2023, the Chamber's Constitutional and Legal Affairs Committee failed to reach an agreement on whether to approve the bill as introduced or amended versions which would not legalize same-sex marriage but instead provide partnerships equal to marriage in all but name. On 28 February, the Chamber passed an amendment expanding the rights of registered partnerships (including the right to stepchild adoption) by a 118 to 33 vote without voting on the initial version of the same-sex marriage bill. The amended draft law was approved in its entirety by the Chamber by a vote of 123 to 36 that same day. It was approved by the Senate on 17 April 2024 despite attempts by some lawmakers to amend the bill to permit same-sex marriages. [36] [37] The legislation would expand the right of registered partners to shared property, full tax benefits, the right to a widow or widower's pension, and stepchild adoption. [38] It was signed by President Petr Pavel on 29 April, and will go into force on 1 January 2025. [39] [40]

28 February 2024 vote in the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic on the amendment to the same-sex marriage bill [41] [42]
PartyVoted forVoted againstAbstainedPresentAbsent
  ANO 2011 -
  G   Civic Democratic Party
  G   Mayors and Independents
  G   Christian and Democratic Union -
  Freedom and Direct Democracy ---
  G   TOP 09 (14)----
  G   Czech Pirate Party ---
  Independent----
Total 11833201514

Statistics

By June 2009, 780 registered partnerships had been conducted in the Czech Republic. [43] [44] By the end of 2010, that number had increased to 1,110, of which 66 had been dissolved. [45] A large majority of these partnerships involved two Czech citizens, though there were also several couples with at least one partner from the United States, Slovakia or the United Kingdom. [46] Most partnerships were performed in Prague followed by Central Bohemia and South Moravia, while Zlín and Vysočina registered the fewest partnerships. [47]

The number of registered partnerships differs between data collected from parish registers and data from the Ministry of the Interior. [48] [49] Data collected from parish registers shows that 4,283 partnerships were performed between 2006 and 2021: 235 in 2006, 258 in 2007, 233 in 2008, 209 in 2009, 205 in 2010, 188 in 2011, 209 in 2012, 212 in 2013, 242 in 2014, 254 on 2015, 363 in 2016, 334 in 2017, 342 in 2018, 360 in 2019, 324 in 2020, and 315 in 2021. [50] 6.4% of these partnerships were performed in Czech embassies or consulates abroad. By the end of 2019, about a quarter of these partnerships had been dissolved, lower than the divorce rate of opposite-sex partners at around 50%. Male couples account for the majority of partnerships. [51] [52]

Same-sex marriage

Laws regarding same-sex partnerships in Europe1
Marriage
Civil union
Limited domestic recognition (cohabitation)
Limited foreign recognition (residency rights)
Unrecognized
Constitution limits marriage to opposite-sex couples
1 May include recent laws or court decisions that have not yet entered into effect.
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Laws regarding same-sex partnerships in Europe¹
  Marriage
  Civil union
  Limited domestic recognition (cohabitation)
  Limited foreign recognition (residency rights)
  Unrecognized
  Constitution limits marriage to opposite-sex couples
¹ May include recent laws or court decisions that have not yet entered into effect.

Failed attempts in 2017–2021

The Green Party and the Pirate Party expressed support for same-sex marriage in their 2017 electoral programs. [53] [54] Following the adoption of a same-sex marriage law by the German Bundestag in June 2017, Zbyněk Stanjura, a deputy from the Civic Democratic Party (ODS), suggested that his party could agree to a free vote in Parliament. [55]

Before the October 2017 election, activists started a campaign called "We Are Fair" (Czech : Jsme fér, pronounced [jsmɛfɛːr] ) to legalise same-sex marriage in the Czech Republic. [55] [56] The campaign found that a majority of deputies from ANO 2011, the Pirate Party, the Social Democratic Party (ČSSD), TOP 09, and the Mayors and Independents (STAN) supported same-sex marriage, while a minority of ODS, Communist and Christian Democratic MPs and no deputy from the Freedom and Direct Democracy (SPD) party did so. [57] Prime Minister Andrej Babiš expressed support for the legalisation of same-sex marriage. [58] [59] [60] [61]

On 12 June 2018, a bill to legalise same-sex marriage, sponsored by 46 deputies, was introduced to the Chamber of Deputies. [62] [63] Three days later, a group of 37 deputies proposed a constitutional amendment to define marriage as the "union of a man and a woman" in the Constitution of the Czech Republic, which would have required a two-thirds majority in the Chamber. [64] [65] On 22 June 2018, the Babiš Cabinet announced its support for the same-sex marriage bill. [66] [67] [68] The "We Are Fair" campaign presented 70,350 signatures in support of same-sex marriage to the Chamber of Deputies in late June. [69] The first reading of the same-sex marriage bill was scheduled for 31 October, but was delayed to 14 November. [70] [71] As debate on both bills began, individual MPs spoke on both sides of the issue rather than split on party lines, indicative of a conscience vote. [72] A vote was expected in January 2019, but was postponed to 26 March 2019, [73] but then postponed again. On 10 January 2019, President Miloš Zeman said he might veto the same-sex marriage bill if it were passed by Parliament. [74] [75] Such a veto would force a second vote on the law, with the support of 101 deputies (50% + 1) required to override the presidential veto. On 29 April 2021, a proposal to reject the bill at first reading failed, receiving 41 votes from the 93 deputies present, [76] and the bill therefore progressed to the committee stage. [77] However, it did not advance further before the October 2021 election. [78]

Failed attempts in 2022–2024

In June 2022, a cross-party same-sex marriage bill was introduced to the Chamber of Deputies. The bill would grant same-sex couples the same legal rights and benefits as opposite-sex married spouses, including joint property rights, adoption rights, the right to inherit their partner's pension and access to alternative family care. [79] Several candidates in the 2023 presidential election supported same-sex marriage and adoption rights, including the winner, Petr Pavel, [80] [81] and runner-up Andrej Babiš. [82] [83]

Debate on the bill began in May 2023. [84] [85] [86] A poll conducted at the time showed that 72% of Czechs supported same-sex marriage. [5] The bill passed its first reading by 68 votes to 58 in the Chamber of Deputies on 29 June. [87] [88] On 6 September 2023, several companies, including Vodafone, Microsoft, Danone, Československá obchodní banka and IKEA, supported an open letter to the government in support of the bill. [89] [90] In November 2023, the Chamber's Constitutional and Legal Affairs Committee failed to reach an agreement on whether to approve the bill as introduced or amended versions which would not legalize same-sex marriage but instead provide partnerships equal to marriage in all but name. The marriage bill was approved at second reading in the Chamber on 7 February 2024. [91] [92] On 14 February, the committee recommended that the Chamber vote on the proposals from the most expansive to the least expansive, [93] but on 28 February the Chamber reversed that order and passed an amendment expanding the rights of registered partnerships (including the right to stepchild adoption) by a 118 to 33 vote without voting on the initial version of the same-sex marriage bill. [94] [95] The bill passed the Senate in April, and was signed into law by President Pavel on 29 April. Jsme fér released a statement describing the bill's passage as "a sad day for justice and equality in our country. [...] Despite the clear majority support for marriage for all in the Czech Republic, [Parliament] did not adopt this law." [39]

Religious performance

In October 2022, the Old Catholic Church of the Czech Republic voted to allow its priests to bless same-sex partnerships. [96] In May 2023, the Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren, the second largest Christian denomination in the Czech Republic, also voted to allow its pastors to bless same-sex unions. [97]

Public opinion

A 2007 opinion poll from CVVM (Centrum pro výzkum veřejného mínění, Center for Public Opinion Research) indicated that 36% of Czechs supported the legalisation of same-sex marriage, while 57% were opposed. [56] A May 2017 opinion poll by CVVM found a 52% majority in favour of legalising same-sex marriage, with 41% opposed. [55]

A 2017 poll conducted by the Pew Research Center showed that 65% of Czechs supported same-sex marriage. Support was far higher among 18–34-year-olds, with only 18% of people in that age group being opposed to same-sex marriage. [98] A Median poll conducted in February 2018 (and published in April) found that 75% of Czechs supported the right of gay and lesbian couples to marry, while 19% were opposed. 13% believed that legalising same-sex marriage would threaten opposite-sex marriages, and 8% believed it would threaten them personally. Additionally, 61% of Czechs were in support of adoption by same-sex couples, while 31% were opposed. [99] [100]

A poll from January 2019, when a same-sex marriage bill was scheduled to undergo first reading in Parliament, indicated that 61% of Czechs supported same-sex marriage. Various Czech celebrities also expressed support, including tennis player Martina Navratilova, singers Bára Basiková and Dara Rolins, photographer Robert Vano, actresses Simona Stašová and Anna Geislerová, and politician Ivan Bartoš. [101] According to a June 2019 survey conducted in May 2019 by CVVM, 75% of respondents supported registered partnerships with 20% opposed, 47% supported same-sex marriage with 48% opposed, and 60% supported stepchild adoption with 31% opposed. [102] A Median poll published in January 2020 showed that 67% of Czechs supported same-sex marriage, and 62% supported joint adoption by same-sex couples. [103] The survey found a large generational gap, with younger respondents overwhelmingly in support, but those aged 55 and above mostly opposed. [104]

A GLOBSEC survey conducted in March 2023 showed that 72% of Czechs supported same-sex marriage, while 24% were opposed. [5] The 2023 Eurobarometer found that 60% of respondents thought same-sex marriage should be allowed throughout Europe, while 34% were opposed. The survey also found that 70% of Czechs thought that "there is nothing wrong in a sexual relationship between two persons of the same sex", while 26% disagreed. [6]

An October 2023 Nielson/Publicis Groupe survey showed that more than half of Czechs would be "happy if politicians could quickly resolve the issue [of same-sex marriage]", while around 30% said they did not care if the issue was resolved and 11% of respondents said the issue "should not be rushed". Additionally, 9% of respondents said "their lives would get worse if an equal marriage law were adopted", whereas 80% believed that the adoption of such a law would not affect their lives, and 11% expected an improvement. [105]

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