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Spain: At Least 18,600 Gay/Lesbian Couples Have Wed

Monday, July 11th, 2011

That’s not a headline you are likely to read anywhere else in 2011. But in the case of access to equality, the fresh statistics for marriage in Spain show the country’s credit rating is very high indeed.

Rex Wockner reports that 18,634 same-sex marriages have been registered in Spain, while the State Federation of Lesbians, Gays, Transsexuals and Bisexuals (FELGBT) believes that not all the marriages have been recorded, and that the actual number is 23,000.

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Spain: 86% of Youth Aged 15-19 Support Marriage Equality

Monday, May 16th, 2011

Gay Marriage Poll in SpainA super majority (77%) of Spanish teens support gay marriage.

Spain legalized marriage between members of the same sex in 2005 over the loud objections of the Catholic Church. Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, who is running for a third consecutive term in early 2012, has said he’s proud of the legislation. At a recent public mass, the church urged Spaniards to embrace conservative candidate Mariano Rajoy, who has pledged to “change” the law.

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Eighty-six percent of those surveyed between the ages of 15 and 19 said they believe it’s OK to talk about sexual minorities, and a large majority accept gay relationships, although with slightly greater acceptance of lesbian couples (84%) over male gay couples (81%). A large majority (74%) also accept transgender adults and 54% say they have gay friends.

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Spain: In the Balearic Islands, 3% Of Marriages Are Gay Couples

Saturday, February 5th, 2011

According to a statement released by the Instituto de Politica Familiar de Baleares (IPFB), nearly 3 percent of marriages in Spain’s Balearic Islands (Islas Baleares) are between gay and lesbian couples.

The archipelago in the western Mediterranean Sea consists of four large islands – Majorca (Mallorca), Menorca (Menorca), Ibiza (Eivissa) and Formentera – and many smaller islands. The Balearic Islands are popular tourist destinations.

In 2009 a total of 4,275 marriages were held on the islands, according to the National Institute of Statistics, of which 124 were between members of the same sex, or 2.9 percent. The Balearic Island’s rate exceeded the national average of 1.74%.

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Spain: President Lauds Marriage Equality Legislation

Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011

President ZapateroJose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, the twice-elected prime minister of Spain, has lauded gay marriage as a great achievement.

When asked in a television interview for examples of the best and worst of being prime minister, the 50-year-old Zapatero gave gay marriage as an example of one of the best things he’s done during his two terms.

“The best thing is that you can change things, and the lives of people,” he said on Los Desayunos de TVE. “I’ll always remember, for example, that with the gay marriage law … There have been many, many gay people who have approached me and thanked me: ‘Never forget, you’ve changed our lives, you’ve made us happy.’”

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Spain: Conservative Candidate for Prime Minister Would “Change” The Marriage Equality Law

Monday, January 17th, 2011

Mariano RajoyMariano Rajoy, the president of Spain’s conservative Partido Popular (PP), has stiffened his stand against the nation’s gay marriage law. Rajoy is vying to become the nation’s next prime minister in a contest to be held in early 2012.

Last month, he backtracked a bit from comments he made in a November interview with daily El Pais, in which he said he believed the nation’s 5-year-old gay marriage law is unconstitutional and that he wouldn’t keep the law even if a court decided it was constitutional.

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But in a recent interview broadcast on Radio Nacional de Espana (RNE) radio, Rajoy backtracked, saying he would “change” the gay marriage law.

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Spain: Pope Blesses Large Anti-Gay Mass in Madrid

Monday, January 3rd, 2011

Anti Gay Marriage Mass in MadridPope Benedict XVI blessed an anti-gay marriage mass held Sunday in Madrid, Spain, Clarin.com reported. Tens of thousands of people lined the city’s downtown Plaza de Colon square to celebrate the mass conducted by Cardinal Atonio Ruoco Varela, the archbishop of Madrid.

Ruoco Varela attacked the reforms of the socialist government, which include gay marriage, fast-track divorce and easier access to abortions. He talked about the truth of marriage, a veiled reference to the country’s 5 year old gay marriage law.

“Anytime you deny the truth of marriage and family, in theory or practice, the negative consequences will come forward rapidly,” he said.

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Spain: Opposition Leader Softens Stand on Gay Marriage

Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010

Mariano RajoyMariano Rajoy, the president of Spain’s Partido Popular, has softened his stand against gay marriage. In a November interview with daily El Pais, Rajoy, who is vying to become the nation’s next prime minister in a contest to be held in early 2012, said he believes the nation’s 5-year-old gay marriage law is unconstitutional. His conservative party has filed a constitutional challenge to the law.

“I will listen very carefully to the arguments of the Constitutional Court and the people, but I do not like the homosexual marriage act, and I do not think it is constitutional,” he said. “My disagreement is about the use of the word marriage.”

Rajoy wouldn’t commit to keeping the law even if the court upheld its constitutionality.

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Spain: Gays Protest Pope’s Visit With Kiss-In

Sunday, November 7th, 2010

Spain Kiss-in ProtestPope Benedict XVI strongly defended conservative family values and condemned abortion in Barcelona on Sunday as he held a ceremony consecrating the Sagrada Familia basilica, a monument to the holy family.

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Benedict XVI rode down the streets in his bullet-proof glass-encased “popemobile,” some 200 gay rights activists protested by kissing for five minutes.

“We are here to demonstrate against the pope’s visit and call for a change in the mentality of the Catholic institution which still opposes our right to different ways of loving,” said Sergi Diaz, one of the protesters. The Catholic Church teaches that homosexual acts are “intrinsically disordered.”

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Spain: Gay Marriage Foe Heckled by Drag Queen

Friday, November 5th, 2010

It comes after the PP leader has indicated he will overturn the gay marriage legislation if he comes to power. It is not just the Pope who is facing gay protests in Spain currently. The leader of the opposition, Mariano Rajoy, was heckled by the drag queen, Shangay Lily who comes originally from Malaga, as he attended a book presentation event in Madrid on Thursday night.

She shouted ‘Enough homophobia in the PP’, and held up a banner which read the same. Security was called and the drag queen was expelled from the hall to the smiles of Rajoy.

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Spain: Gays Plan Kiss-in For Pope’s Visit

Monday, November 1st, 2010

Pope BenedictGays in Spain plan kissing protest for Pope Benedict XVI when he visits Barcelona 07/10/2010.  A gay group is organising a kissing protest to greet Pope Benedict XVI’s when he visits Barcelona this weekend. Gay rights activists say they are planning a homosexual kissing protest in front of Pope Benedict XVI when he visits Spain this weekend.

Organisers plan for same-sex couples to gather and kiss in a so-called flashmob protest when the Pope arrives to consecrate the Spanish city’s Sagrada Familia church and celebrate mass on November 7.

“We are hoping for a crowd of people of the same sex who will kiss each other for two minutes in front of the pope,” one of the organisers, Marylene Carole, said on Monday. “After two minutes, the flashmob will finish and each participant will leave as if nothing happened,” she said.

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