Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Now if only the U.S. could get on the same page as other European Countries.
Posted by Rachel at 1:40 PM
Sweden 5th European country to allow gay marriage
April 01, 2009 12:16 EDT
STOCKHOLM (AP) -- Sweden has become the fifth European country to allow gay marriage.
Parliament on Wednesday adopted a new law that gives same-sex couples the same marriage rights as heterosexuals.
The Parliament's Web site says the new law will take effect on May 1.
The Netherlands, Norway, Belgium and Spain also allow gay marriages.
Sweden has recognized civil unions between homosexual couples since 1994. However, the old law stopped short of calling them marriages, which gay rights activists said was discriminatory.
It will still be up to individual churches to decide if they want to wed gay couples.
Swedish news agency TT says the 349-seat legislature passed the measure in 261-22 vote, with 66 lawmakers abstaining or absent.
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April 30, 2009 at 1:27 PM
HI!!!! it's CB from POlyvore...don't worry rachel...there is still Italy, far behind from other countries...also even behind Botswana!!!
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