Sweden will allow homosexuals to legally marry from May this year after same sex marriage vote date on Wednesday voted overwhelmingly in favour of the move. The change in the law, which currently allows gay couples to register unions but not formal marriage, comes into force on May 1 this year under the timetable set out in the bill. Scandinavian countries, known for their liberal attitudes towards gays and lesbians, were among the first countries in Europe to grant same-sex partners the same rights as married couples. Sweden gave same-sex couples the right to form a union via registered partnerships in the mid-nineties and made it legal for them to adopt in The passage of the bill was widely expected and the final tally was votes in favour of the bill and 22 opposed. The new legislation eliminates legal distinctions between heterosexual and homosexual spouses, but does not force dissenting clergy to wed gay couples. The Swedish Lutheran church, which split from the state inhas said it was open to celebrating and registering same-sex unions, although it wanted to reserve the term matrimony for heterosexual marriages. Back to English News homepage. The Christian Democrats, part of the four-party coalition government, refused to back the bill.
In addition to calling for the introduction of registered partnerships, the party supported the investigation of opening marriage to same-sex couples. Retrieved 18 December In June , in the run-up to that year's election , the newly founded liberal party NEOS — The New Austria published a policy position paper including support for equal rights for registered partners, including adoption rights. It would have given couples in registered partnerships nearly the same rights as married couples, with the exception of adoption rights. Von Stefan Schultz Zur Merkliste hinzufügen. Archived from the original on 12 August
Sweden legalizes same sex marriage
Hundreds of LGBTQ+ couples in Thailand made Thursday a life-changing occasion, registering their marriages legally on the first day that a law took effect. Sweden will allow homosexuals to legally marry from May this year after parliament on Wednesday voted overwhelmingly in favour of the move. Two US Supreme Court rulings last week bolstering same-sex marriage are symptomatic of shifting public opinion in the West in favor of gay rights. Project calls for the government to stop barely short of forcing women back into a state of subservience, gay people back into the closet.Explore posts related to this: Bostock , Discrimination of Sexual Orientation , LGBT Rights , US Supreme Court. Subsequent changes [ edit ]. Their relationship would not be automatically registered as a marriage upon coming back home in Austria, and the couples had to divorce first and then re-marry. On 30 June , the Petitions Committee of the National Council, which had previously asked for the positions of the ÖVP-led Ministries of Justice and Families, considered the "Ehe Gleich! Retrieved 17 November October 12, Hodges , which effectively legalized same-sex marriage in all of its 50 States. Archived from the original on 11 April The United States Supreme Court issued a landmark decision in Bostock v. Part of the LGBTQ rights series. The demonstration turned violent with police using tear gas and batons. Unlike other couples who had to wait until 1 January , the Constitutional Court allowed the plaintiff couples to marry immediately after its ruling legalizing same-sex marriage. Civil unions or registered partnerships but not marriage Bolivia Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Hungary Italy Latvia. Coincidentally or is it? Romania ruling of the European Court of Justice obliges the state to provide residency rights for the foreign spouses of EU citizens. LICENSED UNDER CC BY-NC-ND 4. Archived from the original on 27 October Archived from the original on 12 August On 12 October , the first same-sex marriage was performed in Vienna for a lesbian couple one of the five plaintiff couples that challenged the same-sex marriage ban in court. September 23, Recognized but not performed in several other tribal nations and American Samoa. Archived from the original on 18 September Domestic common-law marriages confer most rights of marriage. Virgin Islands U. Wiener Zeitung. August 1, Although the SPÖ had campaigned on an LGBT rights platform, the coalition agreement did not include any measures to expand LGBT rights, due to opposition from the conservative ÖVP. Harassed at work and the doctor's office, bullied and assaulted in public: The gay, bisexual and transgender community is still widely discriminated against in Europe. On 5 July , the Austrian Parliament passed the Adoptionsrechts-Änderungsgesetz , allowing stepchild adoption by same-sex couples.
