Portugal’s parliament has passed a law to legalise same-sex marriage, but rejected proposals to allow homosexual couples to adopt.
The bill was approved with the support of the governing Socialist Party and other parties further to the left.
Prime Minister Jose Socrates opened the debate with an appeal to back the law, saying it would put right an injustice that had caused unnecessary pain.
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The bill will now be reviewed in committee before coming back for a final vote in parliament.
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The ratification would make Portugal the sixth country in Europe to allow same-sex marriages after Belgium, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and Norway.
Many other countries have introduced civil partnerships, which give lesbian and gay couples some of the rights of married heterosexuals. (qui)

Iniziamo l’anno con una nota positiva, ossia l’arrivo di una legge in Portogallo che libera la possibilità anche per le persone omosessuali di sposarsi. Sì, purtroppo non possono ancora adottare ma, facendo i paragoni con il nostro recinto statale, direi che il bicchiere è mezzo pieno; anche a tre quarti.

Dopo la bella sorpresa della liberalizzazione del matrimonio anche a Città del Messico, continua l’avanzata contro quella che non può che essere definita una lesione della libertà dell’individuo. Io, come già scritto, da libartariàn la penso esattamente come Kinsella:

Sure, the libertarian goal is not only to get the state out of marriage to but to abolish it. But how does this address the concerns of people living now? Gays who live together reasonably want to have their choices given legal effect. The state monopolizes this, and for a variety of reasons insists on giving full effect only to relationships it deigns to label “marriage.” So be it. Then the state should permit anyone to get this protection if they want it. It has no right to deny this to them. It has no right to refuse to give legal effect to such choices, or to make it more difficult or expensive for some.