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• WHERE EUROPE STANDS ON GAY MARRIAGE AND CIVIL UNNS
• GAY GREECE

WHERE EUROPE STANDS ON GAY MARRIAGE AND CIVIL UNNS

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Homosexual activy Greece is legal. Current statSce Dec 23, 2015Legal In Greece, homosexualy was a crimal offence up until 1951.

This article was abolished wh an amendment that was voted on December 23, 2015LegalHomosexualy Greece beme legal 1951 by the new Penal Co, but some discrimatn laws agast homosexuals was valid until recently (article 347 of the Penal Co) marriage Greece? Current statSce Dec 23, 2015Civil unns In December 23, 2015, the Hellenic Parliament voted wh 193 vot (56 agast and 51 abstentns), the law on the extensn of the habatn agreement to homosexual upl. In the new form, sexual orientatn is disnnected om the creria that mt be met by prospective blood (fe ferral)In orr to donate blood, blood donors had to fill out a form lled "Blood Donor History”, issued by the Natnal Blood Donatn Center, which stated that donatg blood is prohibed for “anyone who had been a homosexual relatnship sce 1977”Conversn therapy Greece?

GAY GREECE

More than 18 years after the Netherlands beme the world’s first untry to legalize same-sex marriage, Northern Ireland has bee the latt European jurisdictn to allow gays and lbians to marry. Northern Ireland is the 18th European jurisdictn to legalize gay marriage. The Czech Republic is the only untry out of 19 surveyed Central and Eastern Europe where a majory of adults (65%) support gay marriage.

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. Prsure for change creased after the European Court of Human Rights led two years ago that was discrimatory for the untry to exclu gay upl om existg legislatn givg tax, pensn and herance rights to unmarried heterosexuals. Homophobic remarks by clergymen fueled the bate ahead of Tuday’s vote.

Bishop Seraphim of Piras lled homosexualy “unnatural lewdns” while the ntroversial Bishop Amvross of Kalavryta orred church his dce to sound funeral bells “ mourng” over the bill’s expected passage. Inpennt Greeks MP Vasilis Kokkalis said gay civil unns would unrme tradnal fay life. “This will allow gay people to be more visible, ” said Nancy Papathanasu, a board member at the OLKE lbian and gay anizatn.

Sultry Athens may not wear s rabow hu as loudly as Mykonos or Amsterdam; but the Greek pal has a boomg gay and lbian scene that’s wag to wele you wh open arms, all year round. This analysis foc on whether people around the world thk that homosexualy should be accepted by society or not.

Homosexualy should be accepted by society OR Homosexualy should not be accepted by society.