Czech President Milos Zeman. File photoPRAGUE, Jun 7Czech President Milos Zeman will refuse to sign the bill on same-sex marriage if it comes to him after a discussion in Parliament, Zeman himself said on Tuesday, quoted by Prague's CNN Prima NEWS TV channel «I would like to announce that if I actually get such a law on my desk, I will veto it. Same-sex couples have all the benefits of a registered partnership. But a family is a union of a man and a woman. Period,» said Zeman .In Czech, «family» is called rodina. According to Zeman, this word as a concept comes from the word «give birth» (in Czech rodit). ) genders. I calculated very carefully, but so far I found only two genders (male and female). And I will adhere to this (statement) for the rest of my life,» Zeman said. Switzerland officially allows same-sex marriageA bill on same-sex marriage entered the lower house of the Czech Parliament on Tuesday at the initiative of deputies from the four right-wing liberal parties that make up the current ruling coalition, in addition to the Christian Democrats, as well as the ANO movement. The bill provides giving spouses of the same sex the same rights and responsibilities as traditional husband and wife. In particular, we are talking about joint property, about the rights and obligations to children who are brought up in a family. Now there is a law on registered partnerships in the republic, which, if the law on same-sex marriages comes into force, would lose its meaning of existence.
