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Portugal: Gay Marriage Bill Gets Final Approval

Monday, March 1st, 2010

The final wording of a gay marriage bill approved by Portugal’s Parliament received approval on Wednesday, Portugal’s IOL Diario reported. The government’s Committee for Constitutional Affairs unanimously agreed on the bill’s final language.

The measure now heads to the desk of President Anibal Cavaco Silva. Cavaco Silva is a Roman Catholic and a member of the PSD party, groups which oppose the legalization of gay marriage, and he has publicly stated his opposition to gay marriage.

Opposition to gay marriage in the mostly Roman Catholic country has been nominal, but last Sunday opponents staged a huge rally attended by thousands. A crowd estimated at 5,000 marched down Lisbon’s main downtown artery Av. da Liberdade (Liberty Avenue) calling on the president to reject the gay marriage bill and demanding a referendum on gay marriage, although Parliamentarians have already rejected such a measure.

Full Story from On Top Magazine
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RI: Legislature Overrides Governor's Veto of Gay Funeral Rights Bill

Wednesday, January 6th, 2010

”Not being able to claim his body was certainly something that was beyond belief, was beyond human compassion from anyone. There was just no compassion whatsoever from anyone in the state.”

Mark Goldberg, 49, explaining why he pushed for a bill to allow for the legal recognition of non-married partners when it comes to funeral planning. It is reported that Goldberg’s partner, Ron Hanby, committed suicide two years ago, and despite multiple documents including wills, the state medical examiner would not release Hanby’s body to his gay partner. The Rhode Island legislature just overrode a veto by Republican Governor Donald Carcieri of the bill which had passed with near-unanimous, bipartisan support.

He continued his mean-spirited comments on the matter yesterday by sending out a letter that said the bill “represents a disturbing trend over the past few years of the incremental erosion of the principles surrounding traditional marriage….” The law will apply to same-sex and heterosexual couples who can prove that they are 18+, and have shared a life together for a year.

Full Story from Metro Weekly: http://www.metroweekly.com/news/last_word/2010/01/last-rights-rhode-island-defea.html

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Mexico: Mayor of Mexico City Will Not Veto Gay Marriage Law

Friday, January 1st, 2010

The mayor of Mexico City has refused to veto the bill introducing gay marriage, the Informador reported. The law, which was approved on 21 December, has suffered consistent criticism, with opponents urging Mayor Marcelo Ebrard of the progressive Democratic Revolution Party (PRD) to exercise his mayoral right to veto. The Roman Catholic archbishop of Mexico, Cardinal Noberto Rivera Carrera, deemed the bill “immoral” and “reprehensible.”

Ebrard, however, has refused to overturn the new rules, which include specific rights for gays to adopt and are scheduled to take effect in March.

Alejandro Rojas, the city’s tourism secretary said: “Mexico City will become a center, where people from all over the world will be able to come and have their wedding, and then spend their honeymoon here”.

Full Story from Pink News: http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/12/31/mexico-city-mayor-refuses-to-veto-gay-marriage-legislation/

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Australia: Prime Minister Undecided on Veto of ACT Civil Unions Law

Sunday, November 22nd, 2009

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says the Federal Government is still waiting on legal advice to decide if it will block an ACT law that provides for same-sex civil unions. The ACT allows same-sex couples to recognise their relationship with a legally binding ceremony.

But it is similar to a bill the Government blocked last year because it was too similar to marriage.

Mr Rudd says the Government is still deciding what to do this time. “We’ll work our way through all of that once we receive the legal advice from the attorney-general’s department,” he said.

Full Story from ABC News: http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/11/22/2750013.htm?section=australia

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