Showing posts with label same-sex marriage. Show all posts
Showing posts with label same-sex marriage. Show all posts
Thursday, October 10, 2024
Colorado Religious Leaders Back Same-sex Marriage Ballot Measure
Tuesday, June 18, 2024
Thailand Passes Historic Bill Recognising Marriage Equality
THE GUARDIAN: Country on track to become third in Asia – after Taiwan and Nepal – to legalise same-sex marriage
Thailand’s senate has passed the final reading of a historic marriage equality bill, paving the way for the country to become the first in south-east Asia to recognise same-sex marriage.
The bill gained the support of nearly all upper-house lawmakers and will be sent to the palace for the pro-forma endorsement by King Maha Vajiralongkorn. The law will come into force 120 days after it is published in the royal gazette.
“We’re all just really excited,” said Plaifah Kyoka Shodladd, an 18-year-old activist, before the law was approved. “I can feel the whole world is cheering us on.”
The bill passed its final reading on Tuesday with the approval of 130 of the 152 members of the Senate in attendance, with four voting against it and 18 abstaining. » | Rebecca Ratcliffe in Bangkok | Tuesday, June 18, 2024
DW VIDEO:
Thailand is set to legalize same-sex marriage after senators approve bill: Thailand set to legalize same-sex marriage. Senators voted overwhelmingly in favor of a marriage equality bill. The law still needs approval from Thailand's king before it can come into force. »
Thailand’s senate has passed the final reading of a historic marriage equality bill, paving the way for the country to become the first in south-east Asia to recognise same-sex marriage.
The bill gained the support of nearly all upper-house lawmakers and will be sent to the palace for the pro-forma endorsement by King Maha Vajiralongkorn. The law will come into force 120 days after it is published in the royal gazette.
“We’re all just really excited,” said Plaifah Kyoka Shodladd, an 18-year-old activist, before the law was approved. “I can feel the whole world is cheering us on.”
The bill passed its final reading on Tuesday with the approval of 130 of the 152 members of the Senate in attendance, with four voting against it and 18 abstaining. » | Rebecca Ratcliffe in Bangkok | Tuesday, June 18, 2024
DW VIDEO:
Thailand is set to legalize same-sex marriage after senators approve bill: Thailand set to legalize same-sex marriage. Senators voted overwhelmingly in favor of a marriage equality bill. The law still needs approval from Thailand's king before it can come into force. »
Friday, February 16, 2024
Greece Legalizes Same-sex Marriage | DW News
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Griechenland beschließt Ehe für alle: Griechenlands Parlament hat für die Einführung der Ehe für alle gestimmt. Die orthodoxe Kirche und einige Konservative rebellieren. »
Thursday, February 15, 2024
Greece Becomes First Orthodox Christian Country to Legalise Same-sex Marriage
GUARDIAN EUROPE: Lawmakers in the 300-seat parliament voted for the bill drafted by centre-right government despite church officials’ objections
Greece has become the world’s first Christian Orthodox nation to legalise same-sex marriage after the Athens parliament passed the landmark reform amid scenes of both jubilation and fury in the country.
In a rare display of parliamentary consensus, 176 MPs from across the political spectrum voted in favour of the bill. 76 rejected the reform while two abstained from the vote and 46 were not present.
Members of the LGBTQ+ community, many unable to contain their emotion, watched from the galleries above. “We have waited years for this,” said the prominent gay activist Stella Belia of legislation that will not only allow same-sex couples to exchange vows in civil ceremonies but adopt children. “It’s a historic moment. A lot of us weren’t sure it would ever come.”
The vote followed two days of heated debate – and weeks of public rancour – with the reform described by supporters as “bold” and “long overdue” and decried as “antisocial’ and “unchristian” by opponents including the powerful Orthodox church. » | Helena Smith in Athens | Friday, February 16, 2024
La Grèce légalise le mariage et l’adoption pour les couples de même sexe : Porté par le parti de droite au pouvoir, Nouvelle Démocratie, du premier ministre, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, le texte a été approuvé par 176 des 254 députés présents au Parlement à l’issue de deux jours de débat. »
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Greece has become the world’s first Christian Orthodox nation to legalise same-sex marriage after the Athens parliament passed the landmark reform amid scenes of both jubilation and fury in the country.
In a rare display of parliamentary consensus, 176 MPs from across the political spectrum voted in favour of the bill. 76 rejected the reform while two abstained from the vote and 46 were not present.
Members of the LGBTQ+ community, many unable to contain their emotion, watched from the galleries above. “We have waited years for this,” said the prominent gay activist Stella Belia of legislation that will not only allow same-sex couples to exchange vows in civil ceremonies but adopt children. “It’s a historic moment. A lot of us weren’t sure it would ever come.”
The vote followed two days of heated debate – and weeks of public rancour – with the reform described by supporters as “bold” and “long overdue” and decried as “antisocial’ and “unchristian” by opponents including the powerful Orthodox church. » | Helena Smith in Athens | Friday, February 16, 2024
La Grèce légalise le mariage et l’adoption pour les couples de même sexe : Porté par le parti de droite au pouvoir, Nouvelle Démocratie, du premier ministre, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, le texte a été approuvé par 176 des 254 députés présents au Parlement à l’issue de deux jours de débat. »
Article connexe ici.
Sunday, December 17, 2023
Thailand to Legalize Same-sex Marriage
LGBTQ NATION: The Asian country will be the next to give citizens marriage equality.
Only two Asian countries recognize same-sex marriages, but Thailand will be the next to give citizens marriage equality.
Thailand’s cabinet recently approved a bill that would legalize same-sex weddings. The amendment to the country’s laws will be submitted to the parliament this month. » | Bill Browning | Wednesday, December 13, 2023
Only two Asian countries recognize same-sex marriages, but Thailand will be the next to give citizens marriage equality.
Thailand’s cabinet recently approved a bill that would legalize same-sex weddings. The amendment to the country’s laws will be submitted to the parliament this month. » | Bill Browning | Wednesday, December 13, 2023
Wednesday, October 18, 2023
How Same-sex Unions Are Rooted in Indian Tradition
BBC: On Tuesday, India's Supreme Court refused to legalise same-sex marriage, disappointing millions of LGBTQ+ couples and activists. While these unions may still not have legal sanction in India, they were far from rare even centuries ago, experts say.
When author and activist Ruth Vanita attended and taught at the Delhi University - from the 1970s to 1996 - "same-sex love was almost never mentioned in the academy".
Around the same time, she was active in the women's movement, and found that a "similar silence prevailed then in feminist politics as well, both left-wing and right-wing".
"Many of the leading activists in women's groups were lesbians, but they never mentioned or discussed this in activist forums," Prof Vanita, who now teaches at University of Montana, wrote in a 2004 essay.
Fourteen years later, in a historic decision, India's Supreme Court ruled that gay sex was no longer a criminal offence, overturning a 2013 judgement that upheld a colonial-era law - known as section 377 - under which gay sex was categorised as an "unnatural offence".
While some in India voiced concerns that the repeal of the colonial-era law was driving the country toward the adoption of Western ideals of liberalism, Prof Vanita's argument was that history actually demonstrates the contrary. » | Soutik Biswas, India correspondent | Wednesday, October 18, 2023
India Supreme Court declines to legalise same-sex marriage: India's Supreme Court has declined to legalise same-sex unions, dashing the hopes of millions of LGBTQ+ people seeking marriage equality. »
Sunday, June 04, 2023
Thailand Pride Celebrations Kick Off in Bangkok - BBC News
Tuesday, April 18, 2023
India's Top Court Opens Landmark Hearings on Same-sex Marriage | DW News
Monday, April 17, 2023
Two Cool Men Tying the Knot: A Hot Kiss on a Cold Day – It’s Raining, But Not in Their Hearts!
Friday, January 20, 2023
What’s It Like to Be Gay and a Priest? I Feel Like a Second-class Citizen in the Church of England
THE GUARDIAN – OPINION: The church made me answer prurient questions in order to be ordained – and if I were to enter a civil marriage, I’d essentially be sacked
Charlie Bell (right) and his partner. ‘Piotr and I won’t be getting married any time soon. The Church of England doesn’t want us to just yet.’ Photograph: Charlie Bell
In many ways, my partner and I are quite boring and conventional. We may have met through a dating app – very 21st century – but otherwise there’s been nothing particularly scandalous or unusual about how we do things. Quite frankly, most people wouldn’t bat an eyelid.
Except, of course, for the fact that I’m a priest in the Church of England – and that’s where the problems begin. For while the rest of the country seems able to see the clear and unambiguous good that springs from same-sex relationships, the church continues to drag its heels. For years, in fact, it has told us that there’s nothing good at all about our love for one another – that it’s something to be shunned, embarrassed about, even erased. Our love is, ultimately, a problem.
The poverty of such a view has become increasingly obvious to those within the church and without, but the bishops of the C of E have resolutely refused to say anything at all for years. They - including those bishops who are secretly gay – have been cowed into silence by threats from those who oppose same-sex marriage. A few years ago, in 2017, they finally said something – recognising that the church’s record had hardly been positive towards LGBTQ people but coupled with a firm refusal to do anything about it. And the clergy of the C of E told them to get stuffed. » | Charlie Bell * | Friday, January 20, 2023
* Charlie Bell is an Anglican priest in the diocese of Southwark and a Fellow at Girton College, Cambridge
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In many ways, my partner and I are quite boring and conventional. We may have met through a dating app – very 21st century – but otherwise there’s been nothing particularly scandalous or unusual about how we do things. Quite frankly, most people wouldn’t bat an eyelid.
Except, of course, for the fact that I’m a priest in the Church of England – and that’s where the problems begin. For while the rest of the country seems able to see the clear and unambiguous good that springs from same-sex relationships, the church continues to drag its heels. For years, in fact, it has told us that there’s nothing good at all about our love for one another – that it’s something to be shunned, embarrassed about, even erased. Our love is, ultimately, a problem.
The poverty of such a view has become increasingly obvious to those within the church and without, but the bishops of the C of E have resolutely refused to say anything at all for years. They - including those bishops who are secretly gay – have been cowed into silence by threats from those who oppose same-sex marriage. A few years ago, in 2017, they finally said something – recognising that the church’s record had hardly been positive towards LGBTQ people but coupled with a firm refusal to do anything about it. And the clergy of the C of E told them to get stuffed. » | Charlie Bell * | Friday, January 20, 2023
* Charlie Bell is an Anglican priest in the diocese of Southwark and a Fellow at Girton College, Cambridge
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Archbishop will not give new prayer blessing for gay couples: The Archbishop of Canterbury will not use proposed new prayers to bless same-sex couples. »
Wednesday, January 18, 2023
Church of England Bishops Refuse to Back Gay Marriage
THE GUARDIAN: Bishops resist change that would allow clergy to marry same-sex couples but propose civil marriages can be blessed in church
The Church of England has rejected demands to allow clergy to conduct same-sex marriages but is proposing that couples who married in a civil ceremony may have their union blessed in church.
The C of E released “historic plans” on Wednesday outlining a proposed way forward after decades of bitter and anguished division over sexuality. The proposal, endorsed by bishops this week, will be put to the C of E’s governing body, the General Synod, next month. » | Harriet Sherwood | Wednesday, January 18, 2023
The Church of England has rejected demands to allow clergy to conduct same-sex marriages but is proposing that couples who married in a civil ceremony may have their union blessed in church.
The C of E released “historic plans” on Wednesday outlining a proposed way forward after decades of bitter and anguished division over sexuality. The proposal, endorsed by bishops this week, will be put to the C of E’s governing body, the General Synod, next month. » | Harriet Sherwood | Wednesday, January 18, 2023
Friday, January 06, 2023
Gay Couples in India Take Same-sex Marriage to Court | DW News
Wednesday, December 14, 2022
Biden Signs Same-Sex Marriage Equality Bill Into Law
Thursday, December 08, 2022
Bill to Protect Same-Sex Marriage Rights Clears Congress
THE NEW YORK TIMES: The House gave final approval to the measure, with lawmakers from both parties voting in favor. It now heads to President Biden to be signed into law.
The House gave final approval to the Respect for Marriage Act with both sides voting in favor of the legislation, which provides federal recognition for same-sex marriages. | Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters
WASHINGTON — The House on Thursday gave final approval to legislation to mandate federal recognition for same-sex marriages, with a bipartisan coalition of lawmakers voting in favor of the measure in the waning days of the Democratic-led Congress.
With a vote of 258-169, the landmark legislation cleared Congress, sending it to President Biden to be signed into law and capping an improbable path for a measure that only months ago appeared to have little chance at enactment.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced the tally triumphantly, banging the gavel repeatedly as if to applaud as members of the House cheered.
It was the second time in five months that the House had taken up the Respect for Marriage Act. Last summer, 47 House Republicans joined Democrats in support of the legislation, a level of G.O.P. enthusiasm for same-sex marriage rights that surprised and delighted its supporters. That set off an intensive effort among a bipartisan group of proponents in the Senate — boosted quietly by a coalition of influential Republican donors and operatives, some of them gay — to find the 10 Republican votes necessary in that chamber to move it forward. » | Annie Karni | Thursday, December 8, 2022
Aux Etats-Unis, le Congrès adopte une loi protégeant le mariage homosexuel : Le texte voté jeudi interdit aux agents d’état civil, quel que soit l’Etat, de discriminer les couples « en raison de leur sexe, race, ethnicité ou origine ». »
US-Kongress stimmt für Gesetz zum Schutz gleichgeschlechtlicher Ehen: Das Gesetz verpflichtet die Bundesstaaten zur Anerkennung aller Ehen, die andernorts legal geschlossen wurden. Gegenstimmen kamen ausschließlich von Seiten der Republikaner. »
WASHINGTON — The House on Thursday gave final approval to legislation to mandate federal recognition for same-sex marriages, with a bipartisan coalition of lawmakers voting in favor of the measure in the waning days of the Democratic-led Congress.
With a vote of 258-169, the landmark legislation cleared Congress, sending it to President Biden to be signed into law and capping an improbable path for a measure that only months ago appeared to have little chance at enactment.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced the tally triumphantly, banging the gavel repeatedly as if to applaud as members of the House cheered.
It was the second time in five months that the House had taken up the Respect for Marriage Act. Last summer, 47 House Republicans joined Democrats in support of the legislation, a level of G.O.P. enthusiasm for same-sex marriage rights that surprised and delighted its supporters. That set off an intensive effort among a bipartisan group of proponents in the Senate — boosted quietly by a coalition of influential Republican donors and operatives, some of them gay — to find the 10 Republican votes necessary in that chamber to move it forward. » | Annie Karni | Thursday, December 8, 2022
Aux Etats-Unis, le Congrès adopte une loi protégeant le mariage homosexuel : Le texte voté jeudi interdit aux agents d’état civil, quel que soit l’Etat, de discriminer les couples « en raison de leur sexe, race, ethnicité ou origine ». »
US-Kongress stimmt für Gesetz zum Schutz gleichgeschlechtlicher Ehen: Das Gesetz verpflichtet die Bundesstaaten zur Anerkennung aller Ehen, die andernorts legal geschlossen wurden. Gegenstimmen kamen ausschließlich von Seiten der Republikaner. »
Tuesday, December 06, 2022
Bermuda Becomes First Country in rhe World to Repeal Same-sex Marriage | TIME
Ban on Same-sex Marriage in Bermuda Upheld. Click here.
Monday, December 05, 2022
Supreme Court Seems Ready to Back Web Designer Opposed to Same-Sex Marriage
THE NEW YORK TIMES: A web designer in Colorado wants to limit her wedding-related services to celebrations of heterosexual unions because of her religious beliefs, but a state law prohibits discrimination against gay people by businesses open to the public.
Andrew Harnik
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court’s conservative majority seemed prepared on Monday to rule that a graphic designer in Colorado has a First Amendment right to refuse to create websites celebrating same-sex weddings based on her Christian faith despite a state law that forbids discrimination based on sexual orientation.
But several justices leaning in that direction appeared to be searching for limiting principles so as not to upend all sorts of anti-discrimination laws.
They explored the difference between businesses engaged in expression and ones simply selling goods; the difference between a client’s message and that of the designer; the difference between discrimination against gay couples and compelling the creation of messages supporting same-sex marriage; and the difference between discrimination based on race and that based on sexual orientation.
The bottom line, though, seemed to be that the court would not require the designer to create customized websites celebrating same-sex marriage despite the state anti-discrimination law.
The court’s three liberal members expressed deep qualms about the damage a ruling in favor of the designer could do to efforts to combat discrimination. » | Adam Liptak | Monday, December 5, 2022
Darkness is rapidly befalling the Western world! Beware the bigots, the ignoramuses and the demons who pervade the West these days and the ether. They threaten to take us back to a 'New Dark Age' (of which I once wrote many years ago), back to a less enlightened age, to benighted times. – © Mark Alexander
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court’s conservative majority seemed prepared on Monday to rule that a graphic designer in Colorado has a First Amendment right to refuse to create websites celebrating same-sex weddings based on her Christian faith despite a state law that forbids discrimination based on sexual orientation.
But several justices leaning in that direction appeared to be searching for limiting principles so as not to upend all sorts of anti-discrimination laws.
They explored the difference between businesses engaged in expression and ones simply selling goods; the difference between a client’s message and that of the designer; the difference between discrimination against gay couples and compelling the creation of messages supporting same-sex marriage; and the difference between discrimination based on race and that based on sexual orientation.
The bottom line, though, seemed to be that the court would not require the designer to create customized websites celebrating same-sex marriage despite the state anti-discrimination law.
The court’s three liberal members expressed deep qualms about the damage a ruling in favor of the designer could do to efforts to combat discrimination. » | Adam Liptak | Monday, December 5, 2022
Darkness is rapidly befalling the Western world! Beware the bigots, the ignoramuses and the demons who pervade the West these days and the ether. They threaten to take us back to a 'New Dark Age' (of which I once wrote many years ago), back to a less enlightened age, to benighted times. – © Mark Alexander
Wednesday, November 30, 2022
Senat stimmt für Recht auf gleichgeschlechtliche Ehe
FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG: Der „Respect for Marriage Act“ soll das Recht auf gleichgeschlechtliche Ehe gesetzlich verankern. Die Demokraten stehen mit dem Gesetz unter Zeitdruck.
Feiernde tragen bei der New York City Pride Parade im Juni 2018 eine LTBGQ-Flagge entlang der Fifth Avenue. | Bild: AP
Der US-Senat hat für eine gesetzliche Verankerung der Homo-Ehe gestimmt. Für den entsprechenden Gesetzentwurf votierten 61 Senatoren, es gab 36 Gegenstimmen von den oppositionellen Republikanern. Das Gesetz mit dem Namen „Respect for Marriage Act“ – etwa Gesetz für den Respekt der Ehe – muss jetzt noch vom Repräsentantenhaus verabschiedet werden, bevor Präsident Joe Biden es mit seiner Unterschrift in Kraft setzen kann.
Mit der „parteiübergreifenden Verabschiedung des Gesetzes“ werde bald eine „grundlegende Wahrheit“ bekräftigt, erklärte Biden nach der Abstimmung. „Liebe ist Liebe, und Amerikaner sollten das Recht haben, den Menschen zu heiraten, den sie lieben.“ » | Quelle: dpa, AFP | Mittwoch, 30. November 2022
US Senate passes Respect for Marriage Act – but activists say bill is a ‘huge mess’: The United States Senate has passed the Respect for Marriage bill, which aims to provide another step towards protection for same-sex marriage, however, activists have claimed the legislation is a “huge mess”. »
Same-Sex Marriage Bill Passes Senate After Bipartisan Breakthrough: The 61-to-36 vote sends the legislation back to the House, which is expected to approve it and send it to President Biden. »
Der US-Senat hat für eine gesetzliche Verankerung der Homo-Ehe gestimmt. Für den entsprechenden Gesetzentwurf votierten 61 Senatoren, es gab 36 Gegenstimmen von den oppositionellen Republikanern. Das Gesetz mit dem Namen „Respect for Marriage Act“ – etwa Gesetz für den Respekt der Ehe – muss jetzt noch vom Repräsentantenhaus verabschiedet werden, bevor Präsident Joe Biden es mit seiner Unterschrift in Kraft setzen kann.
Mit der „parteiübergreifenden Verabschiedung des Gesetzes“ werde bald eine „grundlegende Wahrheit“ bekräftigt, erklärte Biden nach der Abstimmung. „Liebe ist Liebe, und Amerikaner sollten das Recht haben, den Menschen zu heiraten, den sie lieben.“ » | Quelle: dpa, AFP | Mittwoch, 30. November 2022
US Senate passes Respect for Marriage Act – but activists say bill is a ‘huge mess’: The United States Senate has passed the Respect for Marriage bill, which aims to provide another step towards protection for same-sex marriage, however, activists have claimed the legislation is a “huge mess”. »
Same-Sex Marriage Bill Passes Senate After Bipartisan Breakthrough: The 61-to-36 vote sends the legislation back to the House, which is expected to approve it and send it to President Biden. »
Tokyo Same-sex Marriage Ruling ‘a Step Forward’, Say Campaigners
THE GUARDIAN: Court rules same-sex marriage ban is constitutional but says lack of legal protection is human rights violation
Marriage equality campaigners outside the Tokyo district court on Wednesday. Photograph: Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP/Getty Images
A court in has ruled that Japan’s ban on same-sex marriage is constitutional, but said the lack of legal protection for same-sex couples violated their human rights, a step welcomed by equality campaigners.
Japan is the only G7 nation that does not allow same-sex marriage and its constitution defines marriage as based on “the mutual consent of both sexes”. The conservative ruling party of the prime minister, Fumio Kishida, has shown no interest in legalising gay marriage, although polls show a majority of voters support it.
The ruling on Wednesday by the Tokyo district court said that while the ban was constitutional, the absence of a legal system granting same-sex couples recognition as families was an infringement of their human rights. » | Justin McCurry in Tokyo and agencies | Wednesday, November 30, 2022
A court in has ruled that Japan’s ban on same-sex marriage is constitutional, but said the lack of legal protection for same-sex couples violated their human rights, a step welcomed by equality campaigners.
Japan is the only G7 nation that does not allow same-sex marriage and its constitution defines marriage as based on “the mutual consent of both sexes”. The conservative ruling party of the prime minister, Fumio Kishida, has shown no interest in legalising gay marriage, although polls show a majority of voters support it.
The ruling on Wednesday by the Tokyo district court said that while the ban was constitutional, the absence of a legal system granting same-sex couples recognition as families was an infringement of their human rights. » | Justin McCurry in Tokyo and agencies | Wednesday, November 30, 2022
Wednesday, November 16, 2022
Same-sex Marriage Legislation Clears Key US Senate Hurdle with Republican Support
THE GUARDIAN: Twelve Republicans voted with all Democrats to advance the bill, which would ensure same-sex unions are enshrined in federal law
Legislation to protect same-sex and interracial marriages crossed a major Senate hurdle on Wednesday, putting Congress on track to take the historic step of ensuring that such unions are enshrined in federal law.
Twelve Republicans voted with all Democrats to move forward on the legislation, meaning a final vote could come as soon as this week, or later this month. Chuck Schumer, the Senate majority leader, said the bill ensuring the unions are legally recognized under the law is a chance for the Senate to “live up to its highest ideals” and protect marriage equality for all people.
“It will make our country a better, fairer place to live,” Schumer said, noting that his own daughter and her wife are expecting a baby next year.
Senate Democrats are quickly moving to pass the bill while the party still controls the House. Republicans are on the verge of winning the House majority and would be unlikely to take up the issue next year. » | Associated press in Washington | Wednesday, November 16, 2022
Mehrheit im Senat für Gesetz für gleichgeschlechtliche Ehe: Die gleichgeschlechtliche Ehe ist in den USA zwar durch eine Entscheidung des Supreme Court legalisiert, das Recht darauf jedoch noch nicht im Gesetz verankert. Das wollen die Demokraten ändern. »
Legislation to protect same-sex and interracial marriages crossed a major Senate hurdle on Wednesday, putting Congress on track to take the historic step of ensuring that such unions are enshrined in federal law.
Twelve Republicans voted with all Democrats to move forward on the legislation, meaning a final vote could come as soon as this week, or later this month. Chuck Schumer, the Senate majority leader, said the bill ensuring the unions are legally recognized under the law is a chance for the Senate to “live up to its highest ideals” and protect marriage equality for all people.
“It will make our country a better, fairer place to live,” Schumer said, noting that his own daughter and her wife are expecting a baby next year.
Senate Democrats are quickly moving to pass the bill while the party still controls the House. Republicans are on the verge of winning the House majority and would be unlikely to take up the issue next year. » | Associated press in Washington | Wednesday, November 16, 2022
Mehrheit im Senat für Gesetz für gleichgeschlechtliche Ehe: Die gleichgeschlechtliche Ehe ist in den USA zwar durch eine Entscheidung des Supreme Court legalisiert, das Recht darauf jedoch noch nicht im Gesetz verankert. Das wollen die Demokraten ändern. »
Tuesday, November 08, 2022
The Guardian View on LGBT+ Anglicans: Finally Grounds for Hope?
THE GUARDIAN – EDITORIAL: A significant intervention by the bishop of Oxford points the way to overdue reform in the Church of England
For more than a decade, the Church of England has engaged in an agonised, divisive and often poisonous debate about the status of same-sex relationships. As attitudes in the wider national culture have transformed beyond recognition since the 1980s, the country’s established church has gradually become an anomalous outlier, steadfastly refusing to countenance same-sex marriages or the blessing of civil unions. Its doctrine continues to conform to the view that homosexual practice is “incompatible with scripture”.
Responding to the hurt and grief that this has caused LGBT+ members of its congregations – apparently equal in the eyes of God but second-class citizens in their own church – the C of E has, at best, wrung its hands sympathetically. To the deep disquiet of many bishops and much of the laity, the goal of maintaining unity, both at home and in the worldwide Anglican communion, seems to have led to the perpetuation of a derided status quo. » | Editorial | Monday, November 7, 2022
Related articles here and here.
Responding to the hurt and grief that this has caused LGBT+ members of its congregations – apparently equal in the eyes of God but second-class citizens in their own church – the C of E has, at best, wrung its hands sympathetically. To the deep disquiet of many bishops and much of the laity, the goal of maintaining unity, both at home and in the worldwide Anglican communion, seems to have led to the perpetuation of a derided status quo. » | Editorial | Monday, November 7, 2022
Related articles here and here.
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