{"id":276274,"date":"2026-05-08T09:13:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T13:13:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ifamnews.com\/?p=276274"},"modified":"2026-05-08T09:13:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T13:13:23","slug":"polands-courts-forcing-same-sex-unions-despite-constitutional-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ifamnews.com\/en\/polands-courts-forcing-same-sex-unions-despite-constitutional-ban","title":{"rendered":"Poland&#8217;s courts forcing same-sex unions despite constitutional ban"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Poland&#8217;s Supreme Administrative Court is ordering civil registries to record same-sex &#8220;marriages&#8221; performed abroad \u2014 even though Article 18 of Poland&#8217;s Constitution explicitly defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The rulings follow a 2025 judgment by the Court of Justice of the European Union, which warned that refusing to recognize such unions could breach EU free movement rules. Polish judges are now ordering civil registries to enter these unions into official records, even though no Polish law provides for them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Legal group Ordo Iuris called the rulings &#8220;an unconstitutional capitulation to EU ideologues,&#8221; warning that judges are &#8220;rewriting the law from the bench.&#8221; Once these unions are entered into the civil registry, they trigger real legal effects \u2014 granting residence rights, changing civil status, and providing official recognition that Polish law itself does not provide. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Poland has not voted to legalize same-sex &#8220;marriage&#8221;. Its constitution says otherwise. What is happening now is judicial imposition of a policy the Polish people never approved \u2014 driven by EU pressure and enabled by a government that shows no interest in defending the law it swore to uphold.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Poland&#8217;s Supreme Administrative Court is ordering civil registries to record same-sex &#8220;marriages&#8221; performed abroad \u2014 even though Article 18 of Poland&#8217;s Constitution explicitly defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman. 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