This thesis analyzes Czech legislation regulating relationships of same-sex couples and their options regarding family founding provided by Czech legal regulation. The aim of the thesis is to analyze and evaluate current Czech legislation and put it into international context. To attain this aim, this thesis uses three different approaches. Firstly it provides conclusions of conterporary social sciences in the field of parenthood of same-sex couples and impacts of homosexual parenting onto various areas of psychological and social adjustment od children. Secondly, the comparative study of czech legislation and legislations of Norway, United Kingdom, Germany and Slovakia is included. Thirdly, relevant cases decided by European Court of Human Rights are analyzed. Upon the findings provided by these analysis, the thesis evaluate suitability of czech legal regulation and propose possible future development in this area.

A proposta desta tese é apresentar o debate sobre ser ou não o grupo constituído por uma pessoa/casal do mesmo sexo e seus filhos, uma família. As discussões se dão entre diferentes áreas (Antropologia, Medicina, Psicologia, Direito, religiões e militância) em decorrência do aumento da visibilidade da família homoparental. São apresentadas as pesquisas que vêm sendo realizadas e seus resultados. Por meio da análise de reportagens do Jornal Folha de São Paulo são mostradas as concepções de família de cada área considerada e as consequências do debate para os entrevistados. É evidenciado o papel das religiões no incremento do preconceito, influenciando outros atores sociais e dificultando sua aceitação pela sociedade e inclusão na proteção do Estado, por meio da legalização do casamento e adoção. / This thesis discusses if we can name as a family a group composed of a person or a same-sex couple and their children. As the visibility of homoparental families increases, the debate goes on among different fields (Anthropology, Medicine, Psychology, Law, religions and social movements). Current research and its different results are here presented. Different family conceptions are presented through an analysis of published media from the Jornal Folha de São Paulo. The consequences of such conceptions for the people interviewed are also shown. The thesis reveals the role of religion in increasing prejudice, influencing other social actors, making the acceptance of such groups more difficult, and impeding their State protection, by opposing legal same-sex marriage and adoption.

A proposta desta tese é apresentar o debate sobre ser ou não o grupo constituído por uma pessoa/casal do mesmo sexo e seus filhos, uma família. As discussões se dão entre diferentes áreas (Antropologia, Medicina, Psicologia, Direito, religiões e militância) em decorrência do aumento da visibilidade da família homoparental. São apresentadas as pesquisas que vêm sendo realizadas e seus resultados. Por meio da análise de reportagens do Jornal Folha de São Paulo são mostradas as concepções de família de cada área considerada e as consequências do debate para os entrevistados. É evidenciado o papel das religiões no incremento do preconceito, influenciando outros atores sociais e dificultando sua aceitação pela sociedade e inclusão na proteção do Estado, por meio da legalização do casamento e adoção. / This thesis discusses if we can name as a family a group composed of a person or a same-sex couple and their children. As the visibility of homoparental families increases, the debate goes on among different fields (Anthropology, Medicine, Psychology, Law, religions and social movements). Current research and its different results are here presented. Different family conceptions are presented through an analysis of published media from the Jornal Folha de São Paulo. The consequences of such conceptions for the people interviewed are also shown. The thesis reveals the role of religion in increasing prejudice, influencing other social actors, making the acceptance of such groups more difficult, and impeding their State protection, by opposing legal same-sex marriage and adoption.

A proposta desta tese é apresentar o debate sobre ser ou não o grupo constituído por uma pessoa/casal do mesmo sexo e seus filhos, uma família. As discussões se dão entre diferentes áreas (Antropologia, Medicina, Psicologia, Direito, religiões e militância) em decorrência do aumento da visibilidade da família homoparental. São apresentadas as pesquisas que vêm sendo realizadas e seus resultados. Por meio da análise de reportagens do Jornal Folha de São Paulo são mostradas as concepções de família de cada área considerada e as consequências do debate para os entrevistados. É evidenciado o papel das religiões no incremento do preconceito, influenciando outros atores sociais e dificultando sua aceitação pela sociedade e inclusão na proteção do Estado, por meio da legalização do casamento e adoção. / This thesis discusses if we can name as a family a group composed of a person or a same-sex couple and their children. As the visibility of homoparental families increases, the debate goes on among different fields (Anthropology, Medicine, Psychology, Law, religions and social movements). Current research and its different results are here presented. Different family conceptions are presented through an analysis of published media from the Jornal Folha de São Paulo. The consequences of such conceptions for the people interviewed are also shown. The thesis reveals the role of religion in increasing prejudice, influencing other social actors, making the acceptance of such groups more difficult, and impeding their State protection, by opposing legal same-sex marriage and adoption.

This thesis deals with the issue of two today very important institutes, namely the registered partnership and the alternative family care. The aim of the thesis is to focus on areas where the two institutes overlap. Current registered partnership legislation contains some problematic provisions in relation to forms of alternative family care. The text of the thesis has focused on the description of these problem areas and try to outline possible future changes even in the context of the situation on the international level.

Registered partnership - actual situation in Europe Abstract This thesis deals with the registered partnership and cohabitation of two persons of the same sex in the same-sex marriage. The thesis deals not only with the Czech legal system, but also with other european countries. The aim of the thesis is to compare the individual legal regulations and to review the actual tendencies of the european states in this respect. The text focuses mainly on the current situation in individual countries, the facts as concerning the establishment and termination of registered partnerships and partners' property relations are described. The subject of homoparentality and the possibility of adopting homosexual children is also discussed. The thesis is divided into 6 chapters, which gradually describe sub-areas related to this civil law institut. The first chapter defines the basic concepts and briefly describes the historical development of homosexual perceptions and the view of homosexuality. The next chapter describes the gradual legalization of a registered partnership in Europe, focusing on legislative processes in the Czech Republic. The third chapter discusses the emergence and termination of a legal partnership between same-sex persons, whether registered partnerships or same-sex marriages. The fourth chapter...

This thesis deals with upbringing of children by homosexual couples and its analysis through the legal perspective, psychological perspective and through the perspective of Christian ethics. The aim of the thesis is with regard to researched literature on the possibilities of the upbringing of children by homosexual couples to analyse the above mentioned topic, and possibly to find an answer to if the existing approaches to homoparentality are justifiable or not. The presentation of the approach of Christian ethics to the respective topic will not be left out.

This thesis aims to analyse two institutes of family law - registered partnership and adoption. This paper endeavours to understand the historical consequences connected with the adoption of the Registered Partnership Act in 2006 and compares the legislation of these institutes with 35 other European countries. By using a predominately analytical method the thesis strives to predict the direction of Czech legislative changes. This follows in light of the recent annulment of certain discriminatory aspects of the Registered Partnership Act. The analysis takes into consideration recent precendents made by the European Court of Human Rights.

The thesis focuses on the adoption possibilities for same-sex couples. The main aim is to investigate and assess which opinion is prevailing in our society. Each term related to same-sex partnerships or marriages is defined in particular theoretical parts. The subsequent chapter deals with homosexuality and family. In the empirical part, the data collected in the quantitatve survey have been analysed and interpreted. The survey has been conducted through questionnaires designated for general public as well as homosexuals.

This thesis is called Social Work With Family In The Risk. The crisis has been uderstood as a crisis of the family as the institution in nowadays. Thesis is devided into three parts. In the first I¨m describing the baisics of social work with the family. Then I'm describinf definitions and functions of a familly accroding to opinions of several authors. There are also being open topics about homoparentality and crisis of the family in 21. century. Separate chapter is about theories of the family, being described by the run of differenet times and events which were forming the statute of the family till nowadays. The aim of the research part was to find out what are the opinions about chosen factors which are influencing the crisis of family. The research part was done by using a method of questionnaire. The research was done on the Theological faculty of Jan Hus at Charles University in Prague during the April in the year 2017, responded by the group of thirty students. About this topic I found democratic and open minded, students are aware of modern technologies are influencing the course of a family life. There has been also found out that individualism is not that common in families and mostly prefered are interests of the whole family than family members separately, what shows some signs of...