ИСТОПОЛНА ЗАЈЕДНИЦА - СЛОВЕНАЧКО ПРАВНО УРЕЂЕЊЕ И ЈАВНОСТ
SAME-SEX PARTNERSHIP - SLOVENIAN LEGAL REGULATION AND PUBLIC RESPONSE

Summary/Abstract: Aim and purpose of this work is to examine the role of same-sex partnership within organization and functioning of modern society. Justification (or opposition) of introduction of this new insitution has been checked against theoretical examination of relevant contemporary argumentation. The empirical part deals with the disposition of a part of Slovenian public towards the institution of what law labels as `same-sex partnership'. The article examine to what extent the same-sex partnership represents a functional social requirement and pre-legal relationship. The author also warns against the wrong application of articles 14, 53 and 55 of the Constitution of the Republic of Slovenia to said institution. The article further examines legal consequences and deficiencies of already legalized homosexual relationship, and offers proposals for remedying such deficiencies. Research carried out in the region of Celje shows that young populace are not concerned about formal legal standing of homosexual minority, and that they are intolerant and even hostile towards them.

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