Poland says civil registries should keep consistent data after registering same-sex marriage certificates
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- Poland's Interior Ministry says data from registered foreign same-sex marriage certificates should be reflected in the national PESEL register.
- A regulation that took effect on Aug. 23 allows full and abbreviated marriage certificates to list two people of the same sex.
- The policy raises broader questions about how registration affects other state records and related rights.
Registering a foreign same-sex marriage in Poland's civil registry may not end the administrative question. The Interior Ministry and Administration says the information should also appear in the PESEL register, the country's national personal identification database.
A regulation issued by the minister for digital affairs on May 22 and effective from Aug. 23 allows full and abbreviated marriage certificates, as well as certificates issued from civil-status records, to include two people of the same sex.
The change has shifted attention beyond whether a civil registry office can transcribe a foreign marriage certificate. The next question is how that entry should affect other state registers and which rights should follow from it.
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Originally published by Rzeczpospolita in Polish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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