Comments on: Could Scotland be the next country to legalize marriage equality?

By: clareflourish

clareflourish — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 07:44:39 +0000

I wore a kilt when I presented male. There is nothing feminine about a kilt. Or a phillamore, for that matter.

The key difference in the UK proposals which stops it being equal marriage is the prohibition on it being celebrated in church. The law would probably have to allow churches to refuse, but it should not forbid those churches which wish to celebrate marriages from celebrating them.

By: Mike in Baltimore

Mike in Baltimore — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 01:51:19 +0000

http://world.time.com/2012/06/17/french-socialist…

By: Pat

Pat — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 08:21:22 +0000

Switzerland tends to always be a little behind on social issues. It granted women the right to vote very late on a national level. France first passed its law banning smoking in public places and Switzerland followed a few years later only.
France passed its registered partnership law ("PACS") and Switzerland followed a few years later. Note that, however, Switzerland was the first nation to pass a same-sex union law by referendum (was accepted with 58% of voters in 2005).
Public opinion is probably there on marriage, but it will take France to enact marriage equality first in order for the issue to even come on the Swiss political radar…

By: _BK_

_BK_ — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 06:38:29 +0000

I am very surprised that Switzerland has not yet done much with this issue as of yet. At least, I have heard no news of it.

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By: pat

pat — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 21:46:02 +0000

Francois Hollande promised to tackle the issue starting this winter, with the plan to get the law voted in first half of 2013. The Minister in charge of this issue already confirmed that the government is taking this very seriously.

Regarding the parliament elections, the second round is indeed held this Sunday, but all projections indicate that the left-wing parties (Socialist Party, Ecologists, etc.) should total more than half of the 577 seats. It may even be that the Socialist Party itself wins a majority and might therefore not even need to deal with it's left-wing partners.
In conclusion: it's looking very good in France! And would indeed have a much bigger impact in Europe than "just" Scotland, since France would certainly trigger Germany to complete its evolution, Switzerland to finally seriously start considering the issue etc.

By: Straight Dave

Straight Dave — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 21:45:46 +0000

There's a separate effort driven from parliament in London to cover the entire UK. But they appear to be unnecessarily dawdling, talking about "by 2015" even though the major parties, including the convervative PM Cameron are supportive. Fortunately, Scotland has the leeway to handle this on their own at a quicker pace. There's no such thing as a federal DOMA there to muck things up for the Scots.

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 21:42:08 +0000

He promised to get it done by fall

By: Kevin

Kevin — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 20:56:11 +0000

The second round of legislative elections is still upcoming. France doesn't vote for its President and elected representatives at the same time.

By: EricKoszyk

EricKoszyk — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 20:29:14 +0000

Does anyone have any updates on France? I know that the new president and his Socialist Party are pro marriage equality and that his party did really well in the first round of parliamentarian elections last weekend, so could there soon be a move towards marriage equality in France?

That would be a huge deal since France is the fifth largest economy on the planet.