Romania was to hold a referendum on a possible amendment to the constitution to prevent same-sex couples from getting married. An anti-LGBT group wanted to define marriage as a union between a man and a woman. Romanians said "no".

Good news from Romania where the top court ruled that same-sex couples should have the same rights as straight couples. The country will hold a referendum to change the constitutional definition of marriage on October 6-7, 2018.

In Romania, the president and the prime minister clashed on the rights of same-sex couples.

An initiative is underway in Romania to ban marriage equality in the constitution by defining marriage as a union between a man and a woman.

The Orthodox Church of Romania is trying to collect the 500,000 signatures required for a referendum on the definition of marriage in the constitution.