Die Begriffe »Eltern« und »Familie« in der neueren Rechtsprechung des Bundesverfassungsgerichts aus methodischer und verfassungstheoretischer Sicht zu den Grenzen zwischen Verfassungsauslegung und Verfassungsrevision

e called a proper »exegesis« anymore because it has crossed the line towards amending the constitution. Amendments however shall only be made by the competent constitutional legislature – and not by a court, whatever its rank. In its judgement of February 19, 2013 the German Federal Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht – BVerfG) declared the legal impossibility for a homosexual person to adopt a child who was taken in by his or her registered civil partner before as unconstitutional for violation of the right of equal treatment as stated in Article 3(1) of the Basic Law (Grundgesetz – GG).