4 August 2008
The number of same-sex couples who conclude registered
partnership in the Czech Republic has declined since the boom in 2006 when
the respective law took effect, the daily Pravo wrote Friday, referring to
its poll at birth registry offices.
The law on registered partnership of gay and lesbian couples has been valid
since July 1, 2006. In the same year 235 couples entered into registered
partnership in the 10-million Czech Republic.
During the first half of this year, it was only 105 couples, according to
data from 14 birth registries, Pravo writes.
"In 2006 we registered 26 couples, during the whole 2007 it was also 26, and
this year we have so far registered 10 couples," a clerk, from the birth
registry in Kladno, central Bohemia, told Pravo.
The situation in other localities is similar, the paper adds.
The only exception is Karlovy Vary, west Bohemia, where the number of
registered same-sex couples has increased.
In 2006, two couples were registered, last year it was eight, and this years
ten couples have entered registered partnership in Karlovy Vary.
The highest number of couples concluded registered partnership in the
capital of Prague.
Activist Jiri Hromada, former chairman of the Czech Gay Initiative, says the
current decreasing figures only prove that he situation has stabilised.
"I cannot see a decline. It has stabilised after the boom," Hromada told
Pravo.
He added that the figures in the Czech Republic corresponded to the
situation in the Netherlands and Germany.
Gays have entered into registered partnership more often than lesbians in
the Czech Republic. Nine registered couples have already been divorced,
Pravo writes.
The number of same-sex couples who conclude registered
partnership in the Czech Republic has declined since the boom in 2006 when
the respective law took effect, the daily Pravo wrote Friday, referring to
its poll at birth registry offices.
The law on registered partnership of gay and lesbian couples has been valid
since July 1, 2006. In the same year 235 couples entered into registered
partnership in the 10-million Czech Republic.
During the first half of this year, it was only 105 couples, according to
data from 14 birth registries, Pravo writes.
"In 2006 we registered 26 couples, during the whole 2007 it was also 26, and
this year we have so far registered 10 couples," a clerk, from the birth
registry in Kladno, central Bohemia, told Pravo.
The situation in other localities is similar, the paper adds.
The only exception is Karlovy Vary, west Bohemia, where the number of
registered same-sex couples has increased.
In 2006, two couples were registered, last year it was eight, and this years
ten couples have entered registered partnership in Karlovy Vary.
The highest number of couples concluded registered partnership in the
capital of Prague.
Activist Jiri Hromada, former chairman of the Czech Gay Initiative, says the
current decreasing figures only prove that he situation has stabilised.
"I cannot see a decline. It has stabilised after the boom," Hromada told
Pravo.
He added that the figures in the Czech Republic corresponded to the
situation in the Netherlands and Germany.
Gays have entered into registered partnership more often than lesbians in
the Czech Republic. Nine registered couples have already been divorced,
Pravo writes.
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