The first Gay Marriage South Ai | South Ain History Onle

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• SOUTH AI TO LEGALIZE GAY MARRIAGE
• THE FIRST GAY MARRIAGE SOUTH AI
• SOUTH AIN PARLIAMENT APPROV GAY MARRIAG

SOUTH AI TO LEGALIZE GAY MARRIAGE

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The South Ain parliament Tuday overwhelmgly approved legislatn regnizg gay marriag — a first for a ntent where homosexualy is largely a vote of 230-41 wh three abstentns, the Natnal Assembly passed the Civil Unn Bill, a promise that rulted om months of heated public discsn. Both tradnalists and gay activists have cricized the measure, and there have been warngs that might be unnstutnal. ”One church lear Nigeria nounced the move as “satanic, ” reflectg the views on a eply nservative ntent where some untri are batg nstutnal amendments to ban same sex gay rights groups Europe hailed South Ai as a shg example of progrsivens.

” It do not specify whether they are heterosexual or homosexual also says marriage officers need not perform a ceremony between same-sex upl if dog so would nflict wh his or her “nscience, relign and belief.

THE FIRST GAY MARRIAGE SOUTH AI

”South Ai regnized the rights of gay people the nstutn adopted after apartheid end 1994 — the first the world to prohib discrimatn on the basis of sexual bill was drawn up orr to ply wh a Constutnal Court lg December 2005 that said existg marriage legislatn was unnstutnal for discrimatg agast same-sex urt gave the ernment a Dec. 'Opt-out' clse for mistersTo try to ease some of the ncerns, the drafters of the bill allowed both relig and civil officers to refe to marry same sex rights groups cricized this “opt-out” clse, sayg they should be treated the same as heterosexual general, they hailed the new measure as a “rejectn of prev attempts to renr lbian and gay people as send-class cizens.

”“It monstrat powerfully the mment of our lawmakers to ensurg that all human begs are treated wh digny, ” said Fikile Vilakazi of the Jot Workg Group, a natnal work of 17 gay and lbian anizatns. Homosexualy is still largely taboo Ai. Even South Ai, gays and lbians are often attacked bee of their sexual orientatn.

In the Uned Stat, only the state of Massachetts allows gay marriage. Vermont and Connecticut perm civil unns, and more than a dozen stat grant lser legal rights to gay upl.

SOUTH AIN PARLIAMENT APPROV GAY MARRIAG

On this day South Ain history, Vernon Gibbs and Tony Halls beme the first same sex uple to legally wed the untry, one day after Print Thabo Mbeki’s ernment legalized gay marriage.

[1] Meldm, A., “Couple celebrat first gay weddg South Ai, ” () 8 January 2017. On 30 November 2006, the Civil Unn Act me to effect; allowg gay and lbian upl to eher marry or enter to a civil unn. Same-sex upl ntue to face homophobic discrimatn om bs and dividuals, such as the now famo Beloftebos weddg venue the Wtern Cape.

While Cape Town tak the crown as the ‘gay-pal’ of South Ai, Johannburg do still offer a vibrant and diverse LGBTQ+ scene.

The scene here is que spread out, wh no ‘gay-village’ to speak of, like the Waterkant Cape Town.