It is a No ------Same-Sex Marriage Referendum Fails in Slovenia

Slovenia rejected on Sunday a law that would give same-sex couples the right to marry and adopt children in its second vote on gay rights in four years.

About 63.4 percent of voters rejected the law in a referendum while 36.6 percent supported it, a preliminary result of the State Electoral Commission showed after 99 percent of votes were counted.

Parliament passed a law in March giving same-sex couples the right to marry and adopt children but the measure has not been enforced because a civil society group called For Children appealed to the top court, calling for a referendum.

In another referendum in 2012, almost 55 percent of voters in the European Union member state and ex-Yugoslav republic opposed giving more rights to same-sex couples.

"I personally am disappointed but I still believe that Slovenia is generally moving towards a more inclusive society and I am sure that a similar law will be enforced at some point in the future,"

Roman Kuhar, a male sociologist who has been living with his male partner for 11 years, told Reuters.