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• GERMANY GAY MARRIAGE: COUPLE ARE FIRST TO MARRY UNR NEW LAW
• GAY GERMANS' JOY MIXED WH ADOPTN ANGST
• SAME-SEX MARRIAGE & GAY ADOPTN BACKED GERMANY
• GERMANY STRENGTHENS GAY ADOPTN RIGHTS
• GERMAN URT STRENGTHENS GAY ADOPTN RIGHTS
• RSIA ENACTS ANTI-GAY ADOPTN BAN
• GERMANY STRENGTHENS GAY ADOPTN RIGHTS
• MAP SHOWS WHERE IT’S ILLEGAL TO BE GAY – 30 YEARS SCE WHO DECLASSIFIED HOMOSEXUALY AS DISEASE
• GAY MARRIAGE: THEOLOGIL AND MORAL ARGUMENTS
• TEN REASONS TO SUPPORT GAY MARRIAGE

GERMANY GAY MARRIAGE: COUPLE ARE FIRST TO MARRY UNR NEW LAW

Germany regnized same-sex relatnships 2001, grantg upl greater rights on herance, tax and other benefs, and legalized same-sex marriage 2017 spe stiff opposn om nservative policians and the Catholic ma possible for gay people to adopt Germany, where only married upl are eligible. ”‘LOVING HOMES’The issue is not unique to Germany - many untri that have equal marriage laws ban the e of paid surrogat, meang gay men who want to have a fay are often reliant on and more are extendg adoptn rights to same-sex upl, the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn (ILGA) said s latt annual adoptn is permted across the Uned Stat, although laws some stat make more difficult, and both France and Bra also allow adoptn by same-sex Germany, one alternative is long-term fosterg, which n eventually lead to adoptn - as the se of Michael and Kai Korok, who were among the first same-sex upl to marry 2017 and adopted their 2-year-old foster son shortly tumn, Franis Dupont and his hband Frank along wh their two foster children found themselv the natnal media spotlight the first anniversary of the passg of the marriage equaly law, they were st as the ial gay nuclear Dupont said nservative attus persisted among officials. “But I thk gay upl should make an attempt.

GAY GERMANS' JOY MIXED WH ADOPTN ANGST

Image source, EPAImage ptn, Karl Kreile (left) and Bodo Men, om Berl, have been together for 38 yearsTwo men have bee the first gay uple to marry Germany, on the day gay marriage beme legal Kreile and Bodo Men, a uple for 38 years, exchanged their vows at the town hall Schöneberg, Berl. Gettg married will give gay upl the same tax advantag and adoptn rights as heterosexual upl. Image ptn, Drag queens wear strikg stum Berl's gay street ftivalGay Pri Berl is a rt of glter, glam and rabow weekend people will celebrate Germany's new law to allow equal marriage.

SAME-SEX MARRIAGE & GAY ADOPTN BACKED GERMANY

But is not necsarily "equal" for gay parents. This year Berl's gay ftival season has an unually polil edge. Next to him stood a woman holdg a plard sayg "scrap homophobic adoptn law".

"But I thought the new law sorts out adoptn for gay people? Image ptn, Jörg (L) and Patrick have two children and wele the new lawIn fact Germany's new equal marriage act allows gay upl to adopt. "German laws have, until now, foced on bloodle, " explaed Constanze Körner om the LSVD, a gay rights group.

GERMANY STRENGTHENS GAY ADOPTN RIGHTS

It is a procs which some mothers scribe as harrowg and tsive, wh gay parents havg to jtify their parentg to officials.

But attus Germany have been shiftg and, wh electns g September, Mrs Merkel's rivals, the centre-left SPD, were hopg to turn gay marriage to a mpaign issue.

"Not acrdg to some of those at the annual Lbian and Gay Ftival near Nollendorfplatz last weekend.

GERMAN URT STRENGTHENS GAY ADOPTN RIGHTS

But for many gay parents the fight ntu. "Jan 23, 2021Stat is not rrect "Sce same sex upl are allowed to marry, they are granted the same adoptn rights as straight people, means gay upl are also avle to adopt children none of them are blood related too. So adoptn is fully legal for same sex upl Germany"Dec 12, 2020Stat is not rrect "Legal"Nov 14, 2020Other "Both Stat and Date are rrect, as was Legalised Germany 2017"Nov 6, 2020Stat is not rrect "full adoptn rights"Aug 5, 2020Stat is not rrect Jul 18, 2020Stat is not rrect "Full adoptn legal sce 2017"Jul 3, 2020Stat is not rrect "Change law 2018 or 2019 wh gay marriage"May 17, 2020Stat is not rrect "It has been allowed sce 2017"Apr 12, 2020Stat is not rrect "Already legal"Dec 29, 2019Newer law has been passed "Dec 16, 2019Stat is not rrect May 24, 2019Newer law has been passed "It is now legal for jot adoptn by homosexual upl"Feb 11, 2019Stat is not rrect "LGBT Parents n adopt a child sce 1.

"Feb 2, 2019Stat is not rrect "Full adoptn rights"Jan 21, 2019Stat is not rrect "gay upl that are married have the same rights as straight married upl.

Aug 8, 2018Newer law has been passed "Now that full marriage is legal, Germany allows Jot adoptn by Gay Coupl"Jun 17, 2018Newer law has been passed Jun 9, 2018Stat is not rrect "No"Jun 7, 2018Stat is not rrect "Along wh full marriage equaly adoptns are now legal sce Oct 2017"Mar 3, 2018Newer law has been passed "Sce 1 October 2017 all same-sex adoptns Germany are legal. "Dec 24, 2017Stat is not rrect "Germany passed a law wh 's Bunstag October 2017 that legalized adoptn to gay upl ()"Dec 4, 2017Jul 15, 2015 Revisn by danlev.

RSIA ENACTS ANTI-GAY ADOPTN BAN

The ee vote also meant full adoptn rights beg extend to gay and lbian upl who enter a same-sex marriage. But she did not exprs opposn to gay adoptn and appeared to wele the oute, sayg she hoped would brg social hn. ‘Dtsche Welle’ reports that German and European top urts have extend gay adoptn laws Germany, a further step towards equaly for homosexual upl.

‘Swissnfo’ reports that the Swiss parliament has voted to allow gay upl to adopt each other’s children. ‘Pravda’ reports that the legalizatn of gay marriage the UK and France rc the possibily for Brish and French fai to adopt children om Rsia, said Konstant Dol, the missner for human rights, mocracy and the le of…. Rters reported that same-sex upl nnot adopt children Poland, even as sgle parents, acrdg to a new law announced by a natnalist lg party which has ma anti-gay polici a major part of s erng platform.

‘The Inquisr’ reports that Turkey wants children adopted by foreign gay upl and Christian upl returned to the untry.

GERMANY STRENGTHENS GAY ADOPTN RIGHTS

Two gay men holdg hands durg Christopher Street Day Weimar, eastern Germany. Germany's hight urt strengthened gay upl' adoptn rights a lg Tuday that the untry's jtice mister greeted as "a historic step.

MAP SHOWS WHERE IT’S ILLEGAL TO BE GAY – 30 YEARS SCE WHO DECLASSIFIED HOMOSEXUALY AS DISEASE

Unlike many other European untri, cludg Spa, the Netherlands and, most recently, France and Bra, hasn't moved toward allowg full gay marriage. Germany's ma gay rights group lled for that to be changed after the lg.

In a separate se, the urt is nsirg whether gay partnerships should be granted the tax breaks given to married upl; 's unclear when a lg will e. Many members of Merkel's nservative Unn bloc, however, are more skeptil about gay marriage and adoptn.

Conservative lawmaker Andrea Vosshoff said Tuday's lg was "jtifiable" but that was still right not to allow gay upl to adopt a child who is enterg an entirely new fay environment. Same-Sex Marriage Legalizatn by CountryThe Dutch triggered a polil and social shift that has spread across large swaths of the take part the gay pri nga, May 13, 2023, Havana. Ecuador legally regnized same-sex marriage after a majory of judg s hight urt led favor of a gay uple sug the untry’s civil registry.

GAY MARRIAGE: THEOLOGIL AND MORAL ARGUMENTS

In 2017, Leo Varadkar was elected as the untry's first openly gay prime marriage beme legal Luxembourg on Jan. Prime Mister Xavier Bettel, who is openly gay, supported the measure and beme the first lear of the European Unn to marry his partner. Icelandic Prime Mister Johanna Sigurdardottir ma history Febary 2009 when she beme the untry's first female prime mister and the world's first openly gay head of marriage beme legal Swen on May 1, 2009, followg the enactment of a marriage law passed by the Swedish Parliament early April.

TEN REASONS TO SUPPORT GAY MARRIAGE

Germany has allowed same-sex upl to register civil partnerships sce 2001It hasn%27t moved toward allowg full gay marriageCourt said same-sex partners n adopt the other partner%27s adopted child or stepchildBERLIN (AP) — Germany's hight urt strengthened gay upl' adoptn rights a lg Tuday that the untry's jtice mister greeted as "a historic step. Unlike many other European untri, cludg Spa, the Netherlands and, most recently, France and Bra, hasn't moved toward allowg full gay urt led on a challenge to the existg l om a woman who was nied permissn to adopt a Bulgarian girl whom her partner had adopted.

Germany's ma gay rights group lled for that to be changed after the a separate se, the urt is nsirg whether gay partnerships should be granted the tax breaks given to married upl; 's unclear when a lg will e. "The mister is a member of the Free Democrats, the socially liberal junr partner Chancellor Angela Merkel's members of Merkel's nservative Unn bloc, however, are more skeptil about gay marriage and adoptn. Its parliamentary chief whip, Michael Grosse-Broemer, cled immediate ment on the Beck, a senr lawmaker wh the opposn Greens who is openly gay, greeted the lg as "a breakthrough equal treatment.

Global scty of anti-gay polici has grown leadg up to Olympics Sochi. Though there was no official ban until now, foreigners’ attempts to adopt Rsian children before the cree generally would be unsuccsful if a prospective adoptive parent was thought to be gay, ternatnal adoptn agenci based Rsia have said.