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Catholic Malta votes to legalise same-sex marriage

Carjosse

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From the BBC:
The staunchly Catholic island of Malta has voted to legalise same-sex marriage.
Parliament agreed to amend Malta's marriage act, replacing words like "husband" and "wife" with the gender-neutral alternative "spouse".
It also replaced "mother" and "father" with "parent who gave birth" and "parent who did not give birth".
The change marks another major milestone for the island, which only introduced divorce in 2011.

Prime Minister Joseph Muscat - who has made equality a top priority after being re-elected last month - said: "It's a historic vote. This shows that our democracy and society have reached a level of maturity and we can now say that we are all equal."
Despite opposition from the Catholic Church, only one of Malta's 67 parliamentarians voted against the amendment.
Opposition leader Simon Busuttil tweeted: "By voting in favour in tonight's vote on #MarriageEquality @PNmalta was on the right side of history."
Outside parliament, the change was celebrated by hundreds who gathered in a square outside the prime minister's office for a party, organised by the Malta Gay Rights Movement.
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That is right the country where Catholicism is an official state religion and divorce was only legalized in 2011 just made same-sex marriage legal almost unanimously (66-1). Another win for equal rights in the world.
 
Carjosse said:
From the BBC:


That is right the country where Catholicism is an official state religion and divorce was only legalized in 2011 just made same-sex marriage legal almost unanimously (66-1). Another win for equal rights in the world.
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Damn... looks like views are changing pretty fast on that front. It's a good thing.
 
Carjosse said:
From the BBC:


That is right the country where Catholicism is an official state religion and divorce was only legalized in 2011 just made same-sex marriage legal almost unanimously (66-1). Another win for equal rights in the world.
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They are still ahead of the super catholic Philippines though where divorce is still not legalized nor ssm.
I kind of muse at how many people are in the Malta Gay Rights movement, that whole country has a smaller population than Wyoming.
 
SocialD said:
They are still ahead of the super catholic Philippines though where divorce is still not legalized nor ssm.
I kind of muse at how many people are in the Malta Gay Rights movement, that whole country has a smaller population than Wyoming.
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Yet 100,000x more interesting.
 
A win, I suppose. But Malta is a pebble with a larger population entering their twilight years than youth. Let me know when Chechnya stops kidnapping, torturing, and murdering gay people. That would be worth celebrating.
 
Carjosse said:
From the BBC:


That is right the country where Catholicism is an official state religion and divorce was only legalized in 2011 just made same-sex marriage legal almost unanimously (66-1). Another win for equal rights in the world.
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It is a great country, very beautiful place and great people, I'd love to go back there. Good on them!
 
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