WARSAW, Poland (AP) \u2014 Poland\u2019s capital, Warsaw, registered its first same-sex marriage on Thursday, implementing court rulings that require the country to recognize same-sex marriages registered abroad.<\/p>\n
The European Union\u2019s highest court in November ordered Poland to register same-sex marriages<\/a> that were entered into in other EU countries even if Polish law does not currently permit them. In March, Poland\u2019s Supreme Administrative Court cited that ruling in ordering authorities to recognize the marriage in Germany of two Polish men. <\/p>\n \u201cThis morning we issued the first transcription of a marriage certificate for a same-sex couple, in accordance with the court rulings,\u201d Warsaw Mayor Rafa\u0142 Trzaskowski<\/a> announced. <\/p>\n The mayor also promised his city would proactively recognize other Polish same-sex marriages registered elsewhere in the EU even without a specific court ruling. <\/p>\n Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Tuesday that his government would find ways to implement the rulings as soon as possible, and, addressing same-sex couples, apologized \u201cto all those who, for many years, felt rejected and humiliated.\u201d <\/p>\n Tusk appealed to Polish officials, regardless of their personal opinions, \u201cto respect the dignity of each individual and to remember that these people live around us, among us, near us, and that they deserve the same feelings of respect, dignity and love as any other person.\u201d<\/p>\n