Slovenia Rejected

From the BBC:
"Slovenia rejects gay marriage in referendum"

Slovenians have rejected same-sex marriage by a large margin in a referendum. Almost two-thirds of voters said no to a bill that defined marriage as a union between two consenting adults. Parliament passed a law giving marriage equality in March, but opponents challenged it before any gay couples could marry. Conservatives were especially opposed to allowing same-sex couples to adopt children.The result demonstrates a cultural split in the EU, where western member states are granting greater rights to gay people but newer central and eastern member states are resisting such moves. Slovenia's conservatives were backed by Pope Francis, who called on the mainly Catholic country to "back the family as the structural reference point for the life of society". But MPs from the United Left party, which initially proposed the change in the law, said the result was a temporary setback. "It's not over yet. Sooner or later the law will be accepted," said United Left MP Violeta Tomic. Slovenia is considered to be among the more liberal former communist countries but gay rights remain a contentious issue there. In 2012, voters rejected granting more rights to gay couples in a referendum.

^ I used to think that Slovenia was very modern. They got out of the brutal Yugoslav Wars with just a quick 7 day war, they were the first former Yugoslav republic to join both NATO and the EU, but for some reason they don't want to give full equal rights to all of their citizens. The same is for the rest for central and eastern Europe. Hopefully, that "trend" will disappear sooner rather than later so every one of their citizens can be called equal under the law. ^

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-35147257