Top EU court rules member nations must recognize same-sex parents and their children
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In a landmark ruling on Tuesday, the European Court of Justice, the EU's top court, said that same-sex parents and their children must be legally recognized as a family in each of its 27 member nations.
The case came before the court after Bulgarian authorities refused to give a birth certificate to the newborn daughter of a same-sex couple because same-sex marriages and unions are not recognized in Bulgaria.
The girl, Sara, was born in Spain. One of her mothers was born in Bulgaria, the other in Gibraltar, a British territory, according to ILGA Europe, an LGTBI rights group that offered strategic legal support in the case.
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