Foundation Hands Over 38,000 Signatures Opposing Same-Sex Marriage
The Foundation for the Protection of Family and Tradition on Tuesday handed over 38,000 signatures to Speaker of Parliament Ene Ergma in a petition against same-sex marriages.
“We should spend great effort to restore the holistic moral traditions that are the foundations of our culture, and a culture centered on the family, which is grounded on those traditions - otherwise, our culture and people will decay,” Varro Vooglaid, who heads the foundation, told Delfi last week.
Under Estonian law, same-sex couples have no right to wed. The situation is unlikely to change before the next parliamentary elections in 2015 as the two coalition partners are at odds over gay rights.
A study conducted by Turu-uuringute AS last September found that 34 percent of Estonians support legalizing gay marriage, while 60 percent are opposed.