Registrars and Wedding Place Owners Not Allowed to Opt Out of Gay Civil Ceremonies

Case information
Incident date
Country
Belgium
Categories
  • Government Restrictions
Attack Against
  • Morals
Societal Sphere
  • Governmental
Religious Freedom / Discrimination
  • Freedom of Conscience

Registrars of birth, marriages and deaths are not entitled to refer to their conscience to refuse to register a gay marriage as a civil act. Owners of wedding locations cannot opt out of facilitating gay marriages in their places.

Source and further information: The Observatory's Report 2012 on Legal Restrictions Effecting Christians in Europe