Comments on: Sweden OKs gay marriage

By: shawn

shawn — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 16:22:05 +0000

Well Norge needs to BECOME a EU member, PRONTO! LOL!

By: Linn

Linn — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 21:08:36 +0000

This is great news but Norway is NOT a member of the EU! Please correct this mistake.

By: Ginelle

Ginelle — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 01:18:49 +0000

Larry: I agree with you 100% on separating religion from the state. As long as your political leaders are being led around by the nose by the religious right, then sadly the gay community will never achieve the equal status that it so rightly deserves. We in Canada, as well as other nations who have finally granted full equal protections for our gay citizens, experienced the same outcries from religious leaders when passing our civil marriage act in 2005. Our leaders recognized, through a very difficult personal process, that they needed to separate their religious beliefs from their day jobs as leaders of our country enacting and enforcing our country’s constitution. It is not an easy process, to be sure, but with your new administation under Barrack Obama, certainly there is hope of advancement for the Gay, Lesbian, Bi-Sexual and Transgendered community. And too, never give up hope; when I think about the advancements made in my 57 years, I would have never believed that any sort of equality could have been achieved anywhere in the world.

By: kaiserdc

kaiserdc — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 00:56:11 +0000

Glad to hear Sweden is joining on. However, Norway is not in the EU. Get those facts right, 365!

By: shawn(the three legged viking)

shawn(the three legged viking) — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 23:06:45 +0000

Since the CT Supreme Court SAID that it was allowed! A wee bit out of touch with the Marriage Equality scene are we “WOW”?

By: wow

wow — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 21:31:39 +0000

since when is gay marriage allowed in connecticut? lol

By: Rocco

Rocco — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 19:39:17 +0000

All these European countries have more rights for gay couples than the US does but did you know that gay adoption is much more controversial in Europe than in the US? The countries that have full gay marriage are only now approaching adoption, while gay adoption has been around for decades in the US even in backward conservative states. It’s an interesting comparison.

By: SteveMD2

SteveMD2 — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 19:34:54 +0000

You forgot:
Israel recognizes gay marriages done elsewhere. The nut cases from the ultra orthodox, who control marriage ceremonies, refuse to do them for the people who shared their cousins fates in hitlers gas chambers and ovens.

Add Republic of South Africa also. Another good thing that came out of the end of Arpartheid, otherwise known as segregation, and imposed by the descendants of Dutch settlers. Of course, the Dutch have reformed, being the first, if I remember correctly,to put gay marriage into effect.

By: Robert, NYC

Robert, NYC — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 18:02:27 +0000

What a disgrace for the U.S. We should be the leaders. Truly amazing that Europe leads the way. I won’t be surprised if Denmark follows suit, then perhaps Finland. Its going to make the argument for full marriage equality only more imperative across the entire EU. The UK of course has all the rights of marriage without the name, so it will probably happen there than anywhere else after Denmark and Finland get on board. We’re sadly dragging our feet on almost every equality issue. Time to demand our rights not ask for them

By: Sarrellec

Sarrellec — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 17:22:48 +0000

Personally, I think the most significant part of this article is this tiny sentence:
“Six of the country’s seven political parties backed the bill.”
The United States is the ONLY industrialized first-world nation claiming to be a Democracy which is NOT a parliamentary system.
This is why US citizens get the choice between rich-guy-for-the-rich #1 or other-rich-guy-for-the-rich #2.
Our “choices” for political leadership are a joke. Who hasn’t noticed that Obama is channeling ol’ W more and more and more?
Who didn’t notice that Hillary was W in a pantsuit?
Republicrat or Democan…what really is the difference?
Is it any wonder that the US is also the ONLY first-world industrialized nation which leads in most forms of backward, socially retarded government, laws and legislation?
The ONLY such country without national healthcare.
The ONLY such country with such limited paid leave.
The ONLY such country with such sub-standard retirement/pension benefits.
The ONLY such country with a vote-filtering Electoral College apparatus?
The reason?
Because our government represents only 5% of our population with just a two-party system.
A parliamentary system represents more of the populace as the parties are formed by direct mandate of those they represent.
A coalition government of several of these represented constituents must be formed to pass laws, therefore, the laws are more responsive to a greater majority of the citizenry.
The US is not a Republic. It is not a Democracy.
It is, along with a majority of third world socially retarded countries, an oligarchal theocracy–just like Iran, Iraq, several South American Juntas and…well…you get the picture.