Swzerland’s largt gay pri para took place Zurich on Saturday. Organisers and participants ed the ocsn to mpaign for equal rights for gay upl, pecially when to the qutn of marriage and adoptn. The two-hour ftive march began at 14:00 central Zurich and anisers timate that around 9,000 people took part and 3,000 cheered om the sil. The anisers sought to highlight the abily of Swiss gay upl to legally marry each other or adopt other people’s children unlike heterosexual married upl. An unmarried gay person n theoretilly adopt a child provid they are 35 years or olr. In 2005, the Swiss people voted to allow same-sex civil unns which me to force 2007. The civil partnership rembl marriage all but name wh gay upl granted the same pensn, herance and tax rights and obligatns. However, adoptn of children by gay upl a civil partnership remas forbidn. Last month, both ho of the Swiss parliament approved a change adoptn law that would allow all unmarried upl (cludg gay upl) to adopt the child or children of their partners. However, a fal cisn on the issue is expected on June 17 and nservative parti have warned to lnch a referendum agast the change law if pass. If they succeed llectg 50,000 signatur three months the referendum uld take place as early as this year. “In this motn, the voters will ci whether a parent may adopt their partner’s blogil children. Once aga the qutn will be raised whether the love of homosexual upl – this se parental love – is equal to the love of heterosexual upl,” said a statement on the Zurich Pri webse.
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- GAY PARTI & LGBTQ+ EVENTS
- GAY PARA PARTI THROUGH ZURICH
- UPSI DOWN BAR ZURICH - GAY PARA
- GAY PRI PARA PARTICIPANTS MPAIGN FOR EQUALY
- GAY PRI EVENTS SWZERLAND
- GAY ZURICH · CY GUI
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