Croatia has voted in a referendum to ban gay marriages in the country.
The move is a major victory for the Catholic Church-backed conservatives in the European Union's newest nation.
According to the New York Daily News, the state electoral commission said 65 percent of those who voted answered 'yes' to the referendum question: 'Do you agree that marriage is matrimony between a man and a woman?'
Only 34 percent voted against the question. The result meant that Croatia's constitution will be amended to ban same-sex marriage.
The referendum was called by the 'In the Name of the Family' conservative group after Croatia's center-left government drafted a law to let gay couples register as 'life partners,' the report said.
Croatia's liberal president, Ivo Josipovic, said he voted against amending the constitution.
Josipovic said the referendum result must be respected, but added the government is preparing a law to allow some rights to gays and lesbians living together, the report added.
