Overseas same sex marriages should be recognised
Same sex marriages should be possible in Hong Kong
Does it matter?
No, marriage is just for men and women
Hmm, can't let this one go after all, this is such top-down paternalistic thinking. Progress in centre-left to left politics applies to economic as well as cultural aspects of life. Fairer economic policies are on the same platforms as marriage equality, anti-discrimination, women's reproductive rights, and other supposedly "politics lite" issues.
Some of the governments under which marriage equality passed:
Netherlands - social democrats and liberal coalition
Belgium - social democrats, greens and Flemish liberal
Canada - liberal
South Africa - African National Congress
Argentina - congress: left and centre-left coalition: president: Justicialist
Portugal, France - socialist
Ireland - Fine Gael ("progressive centre") and Labour
Where are the centre-rights? Time to get Freakonomic on the link between "economic freedom" and marriage inequality, and not just sexual mores.
During the Umbrella Revolution, some of the most visible leaders in the protest were local gay icons.
Hullexile: good point; but, since it is actually a devolved situation where the law doesn't apply across the whole of UK:
England and Wales: Tories and Lib Dem coalition. The main drive came from Lib Dem party conference and minister of equality; the Tories were hardly committal in their 2010 election platform.
Scotland: SNP - again social democrats
Edit: Actually, going into a bit of speculation here ... with Scotland's legislative effort towards marriage equality predating England and Wales, it's worth bearing in mind how Scotland's referendum was in the works when SNP won majority in 2011, and the possibility that gay marriage was one of the subtler cultural factors that motivated the Tories not to alienate Scotland further.
Last edited by black_bird; 04-01-2016 at 06:52 AM.
Aren't gay activists fiddling while Rome burns? . I see Saudi group isis just threw a kid off a roof for being gay . Shouldn't you guys be outside the Saudi consulate or any other Islamic country consulate protesting . ?
Islamic law seems to be the elephant in the room with the gay community and I just don't understand why .
Last edited by hongkong7; 04-01-2016 at 08:07 AM.
"Saudi group isis"
Even the Daily Mail has a higher quality of discourse.
Wow, 100+ posts on a question that should be easy to answer. Ask yourself this, if your child were gay, wouldn't you want them to feel accepted and comfortable with who they are? To me it's not about marriage, but about acceptance. I can only imagine how difficult it must be to grow up in a world where you have to hide your feelings and pretend to be someone who you aren't. If legalizing marriage helps move society towards full acceptance, breaks down barriers and makes life easier for gays why the hell not let them married?