Registrars Not Allowed to Refuse to Conduct Same-Sex Ceremonies

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

Registrars are not allowed to refuse to conduct same-sex union procedures or ceremonies. Caso Judge (Juez de Paz) of the town of Pinto was forced to resign because he refused to officiate homosexual unions.

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