 The commission's proposal faces strong opposition from religious conservatives, who claim it would "eradicate Tunisian identity" and have likened it to "intellectural [sic] terrorism".The Family Code of Tunisia defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman in Tunisia; same-sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized.In 2020, Tunisian authorities approved the family reunification of a same-sex couple married abroad, a move initially reported as indirect recognition of the marriage, but the government repeated that it does not recognize same-sex marriages and the approval may have been an administrative oversight.