Russia Nullifies European Court of Human Rights’s Same-Sex Marriage Ruling

 

If Russia, which has little historical experience with the practice of nullification, is willing to defy Europe’s high court, why can’t the South, which does have a long history of practicing States’ rights/nullification, do the same with regard to our own federal courts when it comes to these same social issues:  abortion, LGBT rights, and so on?  Perhaps it is because we are not as Christian as we think we are, but are instead a weak shadow of and a disgrace upon our forefathers and mothers.

Here is the report on Russia’s actions:

 

Russia is rejecting the European Court of Human Rights’ (ECHR) call to legalize gay marriage as it fundamentally contradicts the federal constitution. 

 

Having heard the complaints of three gay couples from Moscow and the Lipetsk Province, the ECHR stated in its decision published yesterday that the prohibition on same-sex marriage violates the private and family life rights provided for by the European Convention on Human Rights. 

 

“As regards same-sex couples, the Court has already held that they are just as capable as different-sex couples of entering into committed relationships. They are in a relevantly similar situation to a different-sex couple as regards their need for formal acknowledgment and protection of their relationship,” the decision reads (§ 48). 

 

While the Court noted that it can’t impose a direct requirement to recognize gay marriages, it believes the state needs to compromise on the issue and find the most suitable form of registration of same-sex couples, taking into account the social and cultural context. Granting minorities official recognition of their status in a form other than marriage would not contradict the traditional understanding of marriage prevailing in Russia, the Court argues. 

 

Last June, Russians overwhelmingly voted for a set of constitutional amendments that included the definition of marriage as the union of a man and a woman, thus strengthening the existing prohibition on gay marriages and civil unions. 

 

Responding to the decision, State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin called the ECHR judges incompetent and called on them to resign. 

 

“When making such decisions, the ECHR judges should know the national legislation of the country to which it applies… In this matter, the judges showed a lack of qualifications, having made, in fact, an illegal decision that contradicts national legislation,” Volodin wrote on his Тelegram channel. 

 

“It would be right for them, in this regard, to resign,” the Speaker stated. 

 

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The rest is at https://orthochristian.com/140521.html .

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