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Para 93) Notwithstanding the foregoing, it has to be remarked that, in Poland, the legally institutionalized (formal) relationship is marriage, which is recorded in the civil-registration system. Under the Constitution of the Republic of Poland and the Family and Guardianship Code, marriage is defined as a relationship between a man and a woman. Thus, according to the law in force, it is not possible for persons of the same sex to enter into matrimony in the territory of the Republic of Poland.
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Para 51) The Center for Family and Human Rights noted that Poland was one of 14 countries in the European Union that did not recognize same-sex unions. Poland also does not extend protections singularly reserved for the family in Polish law to homosexual relations, or other relations or household structures that are not equivalent or analogous to the family.
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