LGBT Parenting
LGBT adoption is not legal in Croatia, but single person is allow to adopt, regardless of sexual orientation. Most members of the Government elected in December 2011 support LGBT parenting, but they are going to take step by step on such delicate issue.
In May 2012, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Social Welfare Policy and Youth in Kukuriku coalition Milanka Opačić expressed her support for LGBT parenting and said that Croatia should progress to the point where that is acceptable and tolerated, but not just yet as the current situation could lead to discrimination of children from those families and stated that this is the main reason for taking step by step regarding LGBT rights. However, statements coming from her were not welcomed by some NGOs who stated that there are already children in Croatia who live in same-sex families and those families are desperate for law solutions to their everyday problems; so she should not be perpetuating discriminatory policies, but rather help to create acceptable solutions and fight against discrimination. Nevertheless, she does give unconditional support to LGBT community and was one of the first in Croatia to do so. Vesna Pusić has long been a supporter for full LGBT parenting. In July 2012, Minister of War Veterans and a member of SDP Predrag Matić has also expressed his support for LGBT adoption and said that society should not falter in achieving equal rights due to pressure coming from right-wing and radical circles. This was seen as a major step considering that war veteran associations are usually associated with right-wing politics. Minister of Construction and Physical Planning Ivan Vrdoljak said that LGBT adoption should be legal, and expressed his hope that the Government would legalize it by the end of their mandate which expires in 2015. Laws regulating LGBT rights are expected to be introduced to the Parliament by the end of 2012, and it is still yet to be seen how they will deal with LGBT parenting.
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