Contents:
- WHERE EUROPE STANDS ON GAY MARRIAGE AND CIVIL UNNS
- CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS ULD REMOVE NEXT YEAR
WHERE EUROPE STANDS ON GAY MARRIAGE AND CIVIL UNNS
In Uganda lawmakers passed a bill earlier this year outlawg homosexualy, wh punishments as tough as the ath penalty. Meanwhile, Republin printial ndidate Ron De Santis was acced of postg a homophobic vio to mark the end of Pri month.
CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS ULD REMOVE NEXT YEAR
He has troduced a number of reforms sce then cludg liftg a ban on homosexual men makg blood donatns and endg the practice of so-lled sex normalizg surgeri on children. Read More: Southeast Asia’s Most Gay-Friendly Country Still Has No Law Agast LGBT Discrimatn Same-sex civil partnerships were legally regnized Greece 2015 and genr inty 2017, but progrs on other issu had been piecemeal until Msotakis me to power 2019.
ATHENS – Greece legalized gay civil unns Tuday spe opposn om the Church and a rebelln by some right-wg members of the lg aln. Lawmakers voted 193 favor vers 56 agast the long-awaed reform, followg a heated 10-hour bate which supporters of the bill — some wearg rabow gay pri badg — trad barbs wh opponents.
Outsi parliament, gay rights mpaigners gathered wh banners readg “Love is the Law” and “All I want for Christmas is Equaly. Activists say regnn of same-sex civil partnerships is an important step towards gag greater acceptance a untry where the Orthodox Church still holds sway and where reports of homophobic vlence have creased recent years. While many untri already allow same-sex marriage, Greece is one of the last European Unn stat to legalize gay civil unns.