Swiss to vote on gay marriage this weekend

Contents:

• CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS ULD REMOVE NEXT YEAR
• SWISS TO VOTE ON GAY MARRIAGE THIS WEEKEND
• SWISS VOTE FAVOUR OF GAY MARRIAGE BUT REJECT TAX HIKE – 26 SEPTEMBER 2021
• GAY MARRIAGE SWZERLAND
• SWISS GIVE OVERWHELMG BACKG FOR GAY MARRIAGE
• THE HOE WILL VOTE ON LEGISLATN PROTECTG MARRIAGE EQUALY AFTER CLARENCE THOMAS SAID THE SUPREME COURT SHOULD 'RENSIR' GAY MARRIAGE CISN
• MAJORY OF SWISS SUPPORT GAY MARRIAGE AHEAD OF VOTE

CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS ULD REMOVE NEXT YEAR

ZURICH, Sept 26 (Rters) - Swzerland agreed to legalise civil marriage and the right to adopt children for same-sex upl by a nearly two-thirds majory a referendum on Sunday, makg one of the last untri Wtern Europe to legalise gay marriage. Swzerland’s parliament and the erng Feral Council — on which she ss — had supported the “Marriage for All” measure, which marks a key step for greater rights for gays and lbians Swzerland.

Swzerland will hold a referendum on whether to ph ahead wh same-sex marriage after opponents forced the ernment to hold a bdg vote on a 2020 law allowg gay upl to Swiss parliament passed a bill regnisg same-sex marriage last December, several years after most other wtern European Tuday, the untry’s feral chancellery announced that crics of the law had gathered 61, 027 valid signatur favour of puttg the matter to a natnal Swzerland’s system of direct mocracy, members of the public n veto parliamentary cisns via a referendum if they manage to llect 50, 000 valid signatur wh 100 days of the official publitn of the feral chancellery will May set a date for the plebisce, which would not be held before September.

SWISS TO VOTE ON GAY MARRIAGE THIS WEEKEND

“Surrogate motherhood for gay uple – the gradatn of women to the stat of a purchasable birthg mache? ZURICH, Sept 22 – Swiss voters ci on Sunday whether to allow same-sex upl to wed and adopt children after a highly charged mpaign pted gay rights activists agast nservative opponents one of the last Wtern European untri to still ban gay marriage. “Of urse, a child needs safety and love … but I don’t thk mak a difference whether that’s given by a straight or gay uple, ” she said.

SWISS VOTE FAVOUR OF GAY MARRIAGE BUT REJECT TAX HIKE – 26 SEPTEMBER 2021

California still has an anti-gay marriage law on the books. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed a subsequent legislative attempt to legalize gay marriage.

GAY MARRIAGE SWZERLAND

Supreme Court legalized gay marriage natnally two years later.

Several GOP senators have also lled the 2015 Supreme Court cisn legalizg gay marriage “wrongly” cid. Last month, Gallup found that a rerd high of 71% of Amerins support , cludg a majory of are the nam of every Republin reprentative who opposed feral protectns for gay marriage:Robert Arholt (Ala.

SWISS GIVE OVERWHELMG BACKG FOR GAY MARRIAGE

Supreme Court legalized gay marriage natnally two years 2020, Nevada beme the first state to ensure the right to same-sex marriage s state nstutn. Swzerland agreed to legalize civil marriage and the right to adopt children for same-sex upl by a nearly two-thirds majory a referendum on Sunday, makg one of the last untri Wtern Europe to legalise gay marriage. 26New law would give accs to adoptn, sperm donatnZURICH, Sept 22 (Rters) - Swiss voters ci on Sunday whether to allow same-sex upl to wed and adopt children after a highly charged mpaign pted gay rights activists agast nservative opponents one of the last Wtern European untri to still ban gay feral ernment and parliament approved openg civil marriage to same-sex upl, but opponents forced a referendum on the issue unr Swzerland's system of direct the mpaign, opponents of the reform ed imag of cryg babi, while supporters waved "Y, I do" rabow flags at the Zurich and Geneva pri share of voters set to approve same-sex marriage fell to 63% the latt poll by for broadster SRG, while the share of those agast rose to 35%, vers 69% and 29% a month uple Corne Guntern and Ano Oswald, om Zurich, said the 'Marriage for All' vote reprented an important tone for their future.

THE HOE WILL VOTE ON LEGISLATN PROTECTG MARRIAGE EQUALY AFTER CLARENCE THOMAS SAID THE SUPREME COURT SHOULD 'RENSIR' GAY MARRIAGE CISN

But I don't thk mak a difference whether that's given by a straight or gay uple, " she Swzerland, same-sex upl received the right to enter civil partnerships 2007 and the right to adopt children parented by their partner the amend law, same-sex upl would be allowed to adopt children unrelated to them. The measure put gay and lbian marriag on hold the state, but a feral appeals urt 2010 emed Proposn 8 unnstutnal. The se ma s way to the US Supreme Court, which dismissed an appeal 2013 over same-sex marriage on jurisdictnal grounds, lg private parti did not have standg to fend California’s voter-approved ballot measure barrg gay and lbian upl om state-sanctned wedlock.

Swiss voters will terme on Sunday whether to allow same-sex upl to wed and enjoy the same rights as heterosexual marriage partners, after a bter referendum mpaign one of the last wtern Europeans untri still to ban gay ernment and parliament approved marriage for same-sex upl last year, allowg them to adopt children not parented by eher partner, givg lbian upl accs to sperm donatn, and simplifyg cizenship for foreign move was immediately challenged by a tr of natnalist and nservative Christian parti, which objected to the extensn of same-sex upl’ rights beyond a basic civil partnership that has been legal Swzerland sce the Swiss nstutn, any parliamentary cisn n be submted to a referendum if at least 50, 000 cizens mand . Thierry Delsert, an expert on the history of homosexualy Swzerland at Lsanne universy, said the change would reprent “a huge step forward” a untry which, although crimalised homosexualy 1942, lol and regnal police ntued to keep “gay registers”, some s to the early 1990s.

MAJORY OF SWISS SUPPORT GAY MARRIAGE AHEAD OF VOTE

“If a supposed homosexual was nvicted of theft, his homosexualy was submted as addnal proof of his immoraly, ” Delsert told Agence-France Prse. “If a homosexual applied to rent an apartment, he would not get . If a homosexual wanted a job the public sector, he would not get .