The civil society association called "Rainbow Families", which brings together LGBTIQ activists, will ask the Constitutional Court to assess if the new foster care law is in line with the Constitution, saying that it is discriminatory as it does not enable same-sex couples to provide foster care to children.
The foster care law that has caused disputes in the ruling coalition was adopted on Friday, with 72 members of parliament voting in favour, four against and six abstaining.
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MPs of the Croatian People’s Party (HNS), a partner in the ruling coalition, who conditioned their support for the bill with the adoption of an amendment giving same-sex couples the right to provide foster care, abstained from the vote.
Independent MPs Tomislav Saucha and Mario Habek abstained as well.
The Opposition did not take part in the vote in a show of protest against the way the ruling majority functions.
MPs Dragana Jeckov and Boris Milosevic of the Independent Democratic Serb Party (SDSS) voted against the bill, as did Italian minority and independent MP Furio Radin, and Mirando Mrsic of the Democrats party.
Prejudices, political calculations and intolerance have prevailed, despite the appeal from over 200 Croatian scientists and experts, the NGO said in a press release, expressing hope the law would change as soon as possible.
