The Official LGBTA Thread - Supreme Court rules for Marriage Equality

[Osc89]

Tom3k said:

Osc89 said:

Check out the list - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recognition_of_same-sex_unions_in_Europe. I reckon when it hits 50:50 throughout Europe, the EU might finally start using the ECHR to pressure their remaining members.

Even though I don't really see that happening I'm kinda hoping that it will. Considering that all either big countries or rich countries in EU are working towards equality. Spain has it, France has it, UK almost has it, Germany Bundesrat passed the initiative to Bundestag, Finland is working towards it, Luxembourg is working towards it... So what's exactly left in EU? Conservative Slavs, Italy and their clergy, conservative part of Baltic region, Hungary, Grece... And that's kinda it.

I know that we here in Croatia have a new "Family law" in works. It was already supposed to be in front of the parliament, but considering the current economic struggles and local election that will be next month, it has been delayed a bit. The law should introduce something inbetween civil union and full marriage, that will apparently be called life partnership. The parliant is currently controlled by liberal majority, and even though they do support "gay adoption" it will not be part of this law. the explanation is that the community is not yet ready for it. I think that they are taking the wrong approach. They should just introduce the full marriage considering that they have enough votes to amend the constitution. The nationalists and church would be loud for some time, but it would blow over. And since everybody is on their best behavior to show to EU that we are not savages, it would IMO go rather "civil". (The accession process is almost done, I think that only Germany and Denmark are left, and here are plans for 1. July entry celebrations already in works. YAY! more pointless spending...)

It would be great to go straight for marriage, but things like this "life partnership" do end up helping. At least here in the UK, we got civil partnership first and now we have more leverage when going for marriage (amazingly the world didn't end after all).