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More than 200 gay and lesbian couples registered their partnerships in the Czech Republic in the past six months, Prague Radio said Tuesday.

Jiri Hromada, of the Gay Initiative, said his non-governmental organization had expected "much less interest" in registered same-sex marriages, the Czech Mlada Fronta Dnes newspaper reported.

Czech Republic enters 2007 with 200 gay couples more (up from zero) than last year. What surprises me is that the number is relatively small and that the Gay Initiative expected even less. Part of the problem may be that gay unions are denied the right to adopt children.

Sdružení českých homosexuálů Gay Iniciativa po 17 letech působení končí. Jeho vrcholní představitelé, včetně předsedy Jiřího Hromady, se rozhodli ukončit k 31. prosinci činnost a spolek rozpustit. (MF Dnes)

As a result of its success the "Gay Initiative" decided to conclude its activities and dissolve claiming that it has achieved most of its aims. Which it undoubtedly has given that when it was founded in 1993 only 10% of the Czech population supported gay unions. Some of its members will continue in activities such as providing legal advice to gay couples.