(January 16, 2015 at 6:13 pm)abaris Wrote: In my country we had a great supreme court decision yesterday. Gay and lesbian couples are allowed to adopt without restrictions. Excluding them has been ruled unconstitutional.
As far as marriage goes, we still have a way to go. We have a civil union in place that at least gives them the same legal rights as married couples, but the conservatives and rightwingers still fight actual marriage with claws and teeth.
This is curious - Usually the procedure is: 1 - First legalize marriage equality 2 - Second legalize adoption
People usually accept more gay marriage than adoption because in the first there's only two consenting adults but in the second they are hurting the kid (their argument)... It's really weird that adoption got legalized first.
In my country gay marriage is fully legal, there was a motion in the parliament for adoption but it was bailed out by everyone including socialists (center left) - The only ones who voted in favour were the communists
Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you
