Spain Cabinet Proposes Gay Marriage Bill
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Despite vociferous opposition from the Roman Catholic Church, Spain's Cabinet proposed legislation Friday giving homosexuals the right to marry and adopt children.
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September 20, 2004 -- MADRID - Spain&#39;s Socialist government will approve gay marriage, a party leader said yesterday, putting into action a plan that has enraged church leaders in this traditionally Catholic country.
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The Maltese Church said a law regulating assisted reproductive technology should be passed in Malta.
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The Italian government has paved the way for legislation that would grant legal status to unmarried couples, including gays, for the first time in the socially conservative country.Comment
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Spain's socialist government on Friday approved a bill to legalize same-sex marriages, putting this predominantly Roman Catholic country on course to become only the third European country to recognize gay matrimony.
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FREDERICTON (CP) - Opponents of same-sex marriage within the Liberal party made one final push Tuesday to persuade colleagues to oppose legislation that would allow gays and lesbians to wed.
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MADRID (International Herald Tribune) - The Spanish government on Tuesday dismissed a proposal by the head of the Basque regional government to let Basques vote on whether to continue being part of Spain. The plan presented to Prime Minister JosÃ© Luis RodrÃ­guez Zapatero by Juan JosÃ© Ibarretxe, head of the Basque government, revived debate about the status of the Basque region amid a crackdown by the authorities on the separatist movement's radicals as well as questions of nationhood threatening to dominate general elections in March.  Zapatero rejected the proposed referendum as unconstitutional and said it was a rehash of a similar plan, floated by Ibarretxe in 2005, that was rejected by Parliament. That plan called for Basques to vote on becoming a "free associated state" within Spain and for separate representation before bodies like the European Union. Ibarretxe, a leading member of the Basque Nationalist Party, which governs the region as part of a coalition, denied that a referendum would be illegal and vowed to press ahead with it in October 2008. He said it would be the first step in a "Basque-style Downing Street process," referring to the 1993 declaration by the governments of Ireland and the United Kingdom that paved the way for peace in the British province of Northern Ireland.
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The Spanish government approved a bill to legalise homosexual marriages, which will make it only the third country in Europe to condone same sex marriages.
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Since taking power six months ago, the leftist government of Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero has floated a constellation of domestic initiatives aimed at transforming Spain from one of Europe's most ...
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Spain's government uses a top football match to promote the EU's proposed constitution.
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Spain is prepared to compromise to find an institutional treaty for the European Union but expects Poland to do the same, Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said after talks here Friday.
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The Spanish Bishops Conference Sunday warned against same-sex marriage and labeled homosexual behavior "reprehensible." The government of Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero plans to address the issue ...
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Some women's advocacy groups are complaining about a magazine spread in which eight female ministers in the Spanish government - which has vowed to fight sexual discrimination - pose like fashion models in ...
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A controversial law that would give gay and lesbian couples the same right to marry, divorce and adopt children as heterosexuals was approved by Spain's Socialist government on Friday.
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The parliament of Spain's autonomous Basque region has voted in favour of a proposal to loosen ties with the central government in Madrid.
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SPAIN MADRID -- Despite vociferous opposition from the Roman Catholic Church, Spain's Cabinet proposed legislation yesterday giving homosexuals the right to marry and adopt children. Parliament was expected to review and approve the legislation promptly. That would make Spain the third nation to legalize gay marriage. ''This proposed law . . . removes a centuries-old barrier,&quot; Justice Minister Juan Fernando ...
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Conservative groups in New Jersey are pushing a proposal that would grant the rights of marriage &#151; but not the title &#151; to gays, siblings and others involved in domestic partnerships.