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UK: Prime Minister Pushing for Recognition of British Civil Partnerships Across Europe

Thursday, December 17th, 2009

Gordon Brown is pushing for British civil partnerships to be recognised across the EU – including Eastern Europe, he has told Attitude magazine. The prime minister said Britain was negotiating deals with France and Spain but wanted to “go further than that”.

He told the gay lifestyle magazine it was important to show “respect for gay people was due” in “Eastern Europe as well as Western Europe”.  But he predicted it would take “many years” for this to happen.

Campaigners have been pushing for people who have undergone a civil partnership to be granted the same legal status and rights they enjoy in the UK in every other EU country.

Full Story from B92: http://www.b92.net/eng/news/world-article.php?yyyy=2009&mm=12&dd=17&nav_id=63833

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Jamaican PM Wants to Use New Constitution to Ban Gay Marriage

Wednesday, October 14th, 2009

Jamaican Prime Minister Bruce Golding said the country’s parliament would not recognize same-sex marriage while he was in power.

“I make no apology in saying decisively and emphatically that the government of Jamaica remains irrevocably opposed to the recognition, legitimization or acceptance of same-sex marriages or same-sex unions,” Golding said on Tuesday.

The prime minister was opening parliamentary debate on a major proposed amendment to the constitution which would lay out the scope of rights and freedoms for Jamaicans.

Full Story from AFP: http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gafp_36F8DXL5k7TIMo-qNzvpavw

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Portugese PM Who Promised to Legalize Gay Marriage if Re-Elected Wins Another Term

Monday, September 28th, 2009

Socialist leader Jose Socrates, set for another four years as Portugal’s prime minister after elections Sunday, has antagonized many — even inside his own party — with his determination to reform and modernize Portugal.

But the 52-year-old civil engineer, who once described himself as a “ferocious animal” in politics, is unrepentant.

During the parliamentary election campaign he vowed to keep breaking the chains holding Portugal back, saying he will not “waver in implementing reforms, even when they are met with incomprehension, obstacles and opponents.

Full Story from the AP: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jL9erDRYTS0lmiZSpB6BB2QO9X8QD9AVU2PO0

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