For example, when answering a request to deal with marriage and the right of homosexual couples regarding adoption, the Council refused to substitute itself for the legislature, which it considered the only competent body to rule on the matter. And when the Constitutional Council does censure a law, it leaves Parliament the time it needs to review the decision and bring the law into compliance with the Constitution.
比方说在答复婚姻和涉及同性恋夫妇收养权问题的申诉时，委员会拒绝代替立法机构做出决定，因为在它看来后者才真正有权就此事做出裁决。当宪政委员会实际审核法律时，它会给议会留下足够的时间来审核决策，并让法律合乎宪法的规定。