The Uruguayan Congress has followed Argentina to support gay marriage and cast an overwhelming vote to legalise it. The bill has faced opposition from the Roman Catholic Church, but it still managed to achieve over two-thirds of the required votes in the lower chamber of their Congress. The proposal has also been backed in the upper house and the bill is expected to be signed into law within the next 2 weeks by the president (Jose Mujica) who has been keenly supporting the bill.
The Marriage Equality Law allows fo same-sex couples to chose the surnames of children they adopt and it increases the minimum age of consent for a sexual relationship from 12 for women and 14 for men to 16 for both genders.
The Marriage Equality Law allows fo same-sex couples to chose the surnames of children they adopt and it increases the minimum age of consent for a sexual relationship from 12 for women and 14 for men to 16 for both genders.
The question is, how long will it be until other countries follow suit? Or do you not want your country to follow?
Although some American states have made significant strides in supporting and legalising gay marriage, plenty of others do not want to see gay marriage ever implemented to law. This has been a social problem that has divided people for a long time and it is a problem that politicians fear to face in case they lose support – Are they, therefore, not fulfilling their representative function?
In the UK, same sex marriage is not legal. Although the law differs between the 4 countries of the UK, since 2005 all UK countries have been allowed to enter into civil partnerships, a separate union which provides the legal consequences of marriage. In 2006, the High Court rejected a legal bid by a British lesbian couple who had married in Canada to have their union recognised as a marriage in the UK and not as a civil partnership
What are your views?
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Although some American states have made significant strides in supporting and legalising gay marriage, plenty of others do not want to see gay marriage ever implemented to law. This has been a social problem that has divided people for a long time and it is a problem that politicians fear to face in case they lose support – Are they, therefore, not fulfilling their representative function?
In the UK, same sex marriage is not legal. Although the law differs between the 4 countries of the UK, since 2005 all UK countries have been allowed to enter into civil partnerships, a separate union which provides the legal consequences of marriage. In 2006, the High Court rejected a legal bid by a British lesbian couple who had married in Canada to have their union recognised as a marriage in the UK and not as a civil partnership
What are your views?
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