In Norway, a genr-ntral Marriage Law that secured equal marriage and parentg rights for lbian, gay and heterosexual upl took effect January
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A NATNWI STUDY OF NORWEGIAN BELIEFS ABOUT SAME-SEX MARRIAGE AND LBIAN AND GAY PARENTHOOD
LGBT Rights Norway: homosexualy, gay marriage, gay adoptn, servg the ary, sexual orientatn discrimatn protectn, changg legal genr, donatg blood, age of nsent, and more. * norwegian lgbt rights *
Current statSce Apr 21, 1972Legal Norway fully repealed Sectn 213 of the Norwegian Penal Co, legalizg homosexual illegal, female legalSectn 213 of the Norwegian Penal Co fed sexual terurse between men to be a crime wh the punishment beg up to one year of imprisonment. This article reports fdgs om a natnwi study vtigatg Norwegian beliefs about equal marriage and parentg rights for lbian, gay and heterosexual upl and the welfare of children wh lbian and gay Norway, there has been a seri of chang the legal stat of homosexuals sce the removal of male homosexualy om the Crimal Co 1972. Twenty years later, when the Law on Registered Partnership was troduced, lbian and gay upl were at large granted the same legal rights as heterosexual upl except for church weddgs, jot adoptn and state-sponsored assisted fertilizatn (Halvorsen 1998).
Norway’s LGBTI muny is more exposed than ever and their livg ndns should therefore be studied. So say young people Trondheim’s gay i, and get support om a genr rearcher. * norwegian lgbt rights *
Today, Norway is nsired one of the most liberal untri the world wh regard to securg equal legal rights for heterosexuals and homosexuals (Anrssen and Hellund 2009; Badgett 2004) and was the first among the Nordic untri to troduce a genr-ntral Marriage Act. This mak Norway an tertg se to study more public bate the perd leadg up to Norway’s new genr-ntral Marriage Law vered a spectm of topics related to marriage rights for same-sex upl, but maly centred on lbian and gay parenthood (Folgerø, 2008) and whether was the child’s bt tert to grant lbian and gay upl the right to bee parents.
They argued that the genr-ntral Marriage Law would facilate eedom om discrimatn for children raised lbian and gay relatnships whilst general preventg prejudiced and moralizg notns ncerng lbian and gay parentg and children growg up wh lbian and gay parents. Conversely, var groups argued that there had been sufficient rearch to the nsequenc for children followg provisns for equal parentg rights for lbian, gay and heterosexual upl the new genr-ntral Marriage Law and that the had not received aquate nsiratn.
A siar divisn of opns and arguments between supporters and opponents have also been intified the public bate other untri where qutns such as legal regnn of marriage and parentg rights for lbian and gay upl have been on the polil agenda, such as the USA, France and Swen (Eskridge 2001; Government Commissn 2006; Pew Rearch Center 2009; Price et al. Beliefs About Equal Parentg RightsIn Europe, grantg equal parentg rights for lbian, gay and heterosexual upl have generally been more ntted than the qutn of securg legal regnn of same-sex partnership.