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sábado, abril 04, 2009

Suecia aprueba matrimonios gay



Estocolmo - (DPA)


Por: www.sentidog.com

La propuesta se aprobó por mayoría parlamentaria, sustituirá a una normativa de 1995 que permitía a las personas del mismo sexo obtener el reconocimiento de pareja.

Una amplia mayoría en el Parlamento sueco en Estocolmo aprobó hoy la legislación que permite a personas del mismo sexo contraer matrimonio, después de un debate de seis horas.

Seis de los siete partidos con representación parlamentaria respaldaron la propuesta redactada por el Comité de Asuntos Civiles para introducir una ley de matrimonio neutral con respecto a los sexos.

Sólo los cristiano demócratas, uno de los cuatro partidos del gobierno de coalición de centro-derecha, se opusieron a la propuesta de ley, en consonancia con su declarada intención de mantener "un concepto centenario" del matrimonio, según señaló la diputada Yvonne Andersson.

La nueva legislación entrará en vigor el 1 de mayo y sustituirá a la normativa de 1995, que permite a personas del mismo sexo obtener el reconocimiento de pareja de hecho.

Los cambios legales no afectarán las ceremonias eclesiásticas. La Iglesia sueca, luterana, se mostró dispuesta a discutir su postura con respecto al matrimonio homosexual el pasado otoño.

Una mayoría de obispos en la Iglesia de Suecia afirmaron en febrero que su institución no debería seguir ocupándose de los registros legales del matrimonio.

Vermont House Oks gay marriage


By: www.365gay.com

(Montpelier, Vermont) The Vermont House on Thursday passed marriage equality legislation but not by enough of a margin to override a threatened veto by Gov. Jim Douglas (R) .

The bill passed the House on a 95-52 preliminary vote. A final vote will be held on Friday. It would need 100 votes to overturn a veto.

The Senate overwhelmingly passed its version of the legislation earlier.

The two versions still need to be harmonized before going to Douglas’ desk.

The House bill would guarantee that churches would not be obligated to marry same-sex couples. Another preserves the words husband and wife on marriage licenses while affirming same-sex couples can marry, and a third allows private church-based organizations to refuse facilities and membership to gay couples.

House leaders now must try to sway the five votes to ensure it is veto-proof.

Vermont was the first state in the country to legalize civil unions in 2000. Since then, LGBT groups have criticized the law for creating a “two tiered” system - marriage for opposite-sex couples and civil unions for gays.

Under the Senate version, the civil unions law would allow marriage of same-sex partners beginning Sept. 1. Civil unions, which confer some rights similar to marriage, would still be recognized but no longer granted after Sept. 1.

Hundreds of supporters and opponents of the legislation turned out at the State House for Thursday night’s debate.

Earlier in the day, about 200 opponents staged a rally and then went into the building, jamming a hallway outside a news conference where Douglas was reiterating his opposition to the bill.

Supporters cast the debate as a civil rights issue, saying a civil unions law enacted by the state in 2000 has fallen short of the equality it promised same-sex couples. Its appeal has declined, too: In 2001, the state granted 1,876 civil unions, compared with only 262 last year.

An impact study released earlier this month suggests there is a link between the economy and gay marriage.

The study, by the Williams Institute at UCLA, found that approval of gay marriage in Vermont could generate $31 million in new spending and $3.3 million in state taxes over three years.

Last November, Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders, the Boston-based LGBT rights group that brought the successful legal challenges leading to same-sex marriage in Massachusetts and Connecticut launched the “Six by Twelve” campaign to legalize gay marriage throughout all six New England states by 2012


Iowa Courts Says yes to Marriage Equility




Iowa Supreme Court strikes down gay marriage ban

From: www.advocate.com

Photo from: www.365gay.com

The Iowa supreme court ruled unanimously this morning that gays and lesbians in the state have the right to marry, the Des Moines Register reports.

“The Iowa statute limiting civil marriage to a union between a man and a woman violates the equal protection clause of the Iowa constitution,” the justices said in a summary of their decision.

According to the decision, “the language in Iowa Code section 595.2 limiting civil marriage to a man and a woman must be stricken from the statute, and the remaining statutory language must be interpreted and applied in a manner allowing gay and lesbian people full access to the institution of civil marriage.”

The case, Varnum v. Brien, involved six same-sex couples who sued Polk County recorder Timothy Brien after being denied marriage licenses. The couples challenged the Iowa law that says marriage can only be between a man and a woman. Polk County district judge Robert Hanson sided with the couples in 2007, but suspended his decision pending a ruling from the high court. Today’s ruling affirms that decision.

"The court has ruled today that when two Iowans promise to share their lives together, state law will respect that commitment, regardless of whether the couple is gay or straight," Iowa senate majority leader Mike Gronstal and Iowa house speaker Pat Murphy said in a joint statement.

The decision makes Iowa the first Midwestern state to allow same-sex marriages, and only the fourth in the nation to have achieved marriage equality. (Marriage equality currently exists in Massachusetts and Connecticut. California, which allowed same-sex marriage for five months in 2008 after a supreme court ruling in its favor, is currently in limbo over the Proposition 8 voter initiative to overturn it, now back in the court's hands.)

miércoles, abril 01, 2009

Actividad Recaudar Fondos hoy miércoles 1ro abril en Estudio 54

Esta noche en el club Estudio 54 en Rio Piedras esq. Ave. Universidad, se llevará a cabo una actividad de recaudación de fondos pro Comité contra la Homofobia comenzando a las 10pm. Donativo de $5.00 en la entrada.
Esperamos la asistencia de TOD@s....

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