Bogoslovska smotra, Vol. 86 No. 1, 2016.
Review article
The evolution of moral-juridical position of same-sex partnerships in the Republic of Croatia
Mislav Kutleša
; Catholic Faculty of Theology, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Mladen Škvorc
; Archdiocese of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
In last twenty years, Croatian society went through deep transformation from the traditional Catholic society to the secular society as these are understood in modern European countries at the beginning of the 21st century. As well as whole society, the definition of traditional marriage and family is in jeopardy to be transformed in the way it is not recognized by traditional society and the Catholic Church. This article discusses the perspective of two traditional institutes of family law – parental care and adoption, in the context of the Bill on Life Partnership between Same-Sex Persons. It analyses detected legal gaps in the Croatian family law system, on the one hand, and on the other hand, it reflects on Catholic moral and ethical challenges related to institutions of marriage and family, as well as on consequences of possible rejection of traditional concepts of marriage and family and possible expanding of the legal frame of institutes of parental care and adoption.
Keywords
marriage; family; same-sex partnership; life partnership; guardianship, adoption
Hrčak ID:
158542
URI
Publication date:
25.5.2016.
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