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    Default Gay marriage approved in Portugal

    Same-sex marriage law backed in Portugal's parliament


    PM Jose Socrates had appealed to MPs to back the same-sex marriage law

    Portugal's parliament has passed a law to legalise same-sex marriage, but rejected proposals to allow homosexual couples to adopt.

    The bill was approved with the support of the governing Socialist Party and other parties further to the left.

    Prime Minister Jose Socrates opened the debate with an appeal to back the law, saying it would put right an injustice that had caused unnecessary pain.

    The law has been fiercely opposed by conservatives in the Catholic country.

    Rightist parties had sought a national referendum on the issue following a petition that collected more than 90,000 signatures, but their proposal was rejected.

    Friday's debate was at times heated, says the BBC's Alison Roberts in Lisbon, with Socialists attacking as discriminatory a counter-proposal from the centre-right Social Democrats for a new so-called civil union for same-sex couples.

    The bill will now be reviewed in committee before coming back for a final vote in parliament.

    If the law is ratified by President Anibal Cavaco Silva, it could come into effect in April - just a month before a visit to Portugal by Pope Benedict XVI, a staunch opponent of gay marriage.

    The ratification would make Portugal the sixth country in Europe to allow same-sex marriages after Belgium, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and Norway.

    Many other countries have introduced civil partnerships, which give lesbian and gay couples some of the rights of married heterosexuals.
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    I propose a Social Tragedy section.

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    What else can you expect from a socialist government ? What a fuck-up...


    (And I too think that the creation of a "Social Tragedy"- section would be a good idea)



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    Quote Originally Posted by Asega View Post
    What else can you expect from a socialist government ? What a fuck-up...


    (And I too think that the creation of a "Social Tragedy"- section would be a good idea)
    In what way is equality under the law related to socialism?

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    How is this a tragedy? If two gay people decide to marry, I don't see how it will impact me personally, or any other person who is not involved. If marriage is not allowed, the couple will probably just live together anyway. Sealing their relationship in marriage is a formality that has meaning for them only. It is personal.
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    Quote Originally Posted by anonymaus View Post
    In what way is equality under the law related to socialism?
    You do know that socialist governmenst usually cater to the demands of such "minorities" ?

    At this moment the biggest party is the Partido Socialista. The Prime Minister is José Sócrates (PS)

    Coincedence ?



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    Quote Originally Posted by Asega View Post
    You do know that socialist governmenst usually cater to the demands of such "minorities" ?

    At this moment the biggest party is the Partido Socialista. The Prime Minister is José Sócrates (PS)

    Coincedence ?
    I don't understand how according peaceful law abiding citizens the same rights as those with more productive predilections is in any way catering to a minority. It is true, however, that much of the social emancipation of the last 60 or so years has been engineered and supported by leftists; an embarrassing fact for someone like me.

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    I hope this legalization of gay marriage will help ward off Islamists.

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    social tragedy section now!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Alana View Post
    social tragedy section now!!!
    No, unless that would be the subforum for posts about Abrahamic religion. I think "social comedy" is more appropriate for this thread, especially as lovers entangle their relationships in bureaucracy. If they break up, they will have to hire lawyers for their divorce.

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    Related: A gay working man is worth more than a praying man.
    Unrelated: Do you guys think priests are trying to pray the gay away?
    Related: I agree with Loki and anonymaus on this one.
    Unrelated: Have any of you worked on the sabbath? Have you touched or eaten a pig?
    Related: Gay marriage should of course not be performed in a church but in the town hall.
    Homosexuality isn't about perverted sex but to find a partner for life like anybody else. If you pick and choose in the bible from what to follow and not, then even a 6-year-old wouldn't pay any attention to you.
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