Comments on: Austria allows civil partnerships but gay adoption ban stays

By: niki

niki — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:07:42 +0000

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‘I guess we should be lucky that we don’t have to sit at the back of the bus as well”

Quite right, that you dont have to be demoted to the status of Blacks. I mean, Gay people sat right upfront always, as opposed to Blacks (both Gay and Straight, sat at the back of the bus…

By: Aussie Gay Activist Paul Mitchell

Aussie Gay Activist Paul Mitchell — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:04:47 +0000

What do Austria and Australia have in common?

They both provide unregistered cohabitation or common-law de facto rights for same gender couples.

We are still waiting in 2009 for FULL “gay marriage”!!!!!!!!!!!

By: Brenton

Brenton — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:28:15 +0000

This is positive news. As we know in life, you dont always get ‘a hamburger with the LOT.’ Austria is a Catholic country and so this legislative move is a great encouragement. If Argentina moves forward, that will have sweeping consequnces for South and Central America. Our relationships are in the hands of caring and progressive heterosexuals. We need to support them , wherever we live in the world.

By: Danny Waine

Danny Waine — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:50:20 +0000

I applaud the movement that is slowly starting to take place in certain countries around the world. Hopefully the momentum will continue to build. I completely agree with Cyril though, the registry offices and locations should be open to all.

We’ve organised weddings for heterosexual couples all over the world for years now, and it’s great that gay and lesbian couples are finally being welcomed by countries to tie the knot there too.

There are still so many places that we get asked for on a daily basis which don’t offer Civil Partnerships or Gay Marriage. We’ve seen it coming over the past 18 months, and I hate to say it but there are some countries which are going to be “forced” over the next 12 – 18 months to legalise civil partnerships, or promote themselves as ‘gay-friendly destinations’ to help them through the recession.

By: Simon Murphy

Simon Murphy — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:11:23 +0000

Baby steps.

“she said the law was an “unfinished document.” “

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:06:49 +0000

Do they get nice little pink triangles to wear too?…

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:58:28 +0000

I guess we should be lucky that we don’t have to sit at the back of the bus as well.

By: Cyril

Cyril — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:19:46 +0000

Where on earth’s the logic in forcing smae sex couples to register in different places to straight ones?

I suppose it’s to appease conservatives by ramming home the point that CP’s are altogether less serious and respectable affairs than marriage.

If so could someone please explains how society benefits by encouraging gay couples (and presumably everyone else) to treat gay relationships as less serious.

By: harry

harry — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:47:46 +0000

Austria is a backward catholic country so I suppose every little helps