Posted on 06/21/2023 7:41:10 AM PDT by Ennis85
Estonia’s parliament passed on Tuesday a law legalizing same-sex marriage, becoming the first ex-Soviet country to do so.
Two adults will be able to marry “regardless of their gender,” after the parliament approved amendments to the country’s Family Law Act, according to a press statement.
The amended act will go into effect from January 1, 2024.
The amendments to the Family Law Act also mean that same-sex couples can now adopt children. In Estonia, only a married couple can adopt a child, although single gay, lesbian and bisexual people can also petition to adopt.
“Everyone should have the right to marry the person they love and want to commit to,” Prime Minister Kaja Kallas said. “With this decision we are finally stepping among other Nordic countries as well as all the rest of the democratic countries in the world where marriage equality has been granted.
“This is a decision that does not take anything away from anyone but gives something important to many,” she continued. “It also shows that our society is caring and respectful towards each other. I am proud of Estonia.”
Same-sex relationships have been legally recognized in Estonia since 2016, when the Registered Partnership Act took effect. But while this act recognized couples regardless of their sex, marriage was only allowed to take place between members of the opposite sex.
A survey undertaken by the Estonian Human Rights Centre in April 2023 found that 53% of the Estonians believe that “same-sex partners should have the right to marry each other.”
This is the highest percentage recorded since the survey began in 2012. Then, 60% of people surveyed were against marriage equality.
“I am genuinely very grateful for the patience and understanding the LGBT+ community has shown for all these years,” said Signe Riisalo, Estonia’s Minister of Social
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Well la dee frickin’ da!
New World Order conquest of Estonia is complete. Latvia and Lithuania next.
GloboHomo Satanists. Not a country that should exist.
Its not a coincidence.
Yes, they are on the revolutionary vanguard, at the front of globohomo, confronting Russia.
If someone investigates, they will find funding for this came from the USA State Department.
It’s what they do. Same way that they threatend Uganda for NOT promoting the deviate homosexual agenda.
How much US grant money do they receive?? State Department uses our taxpayer dollars for leverage.
GloboHomoPedo Alert
Sick and evil.
Bring back the communism...
Then again even being communist isn’t a guarantee against this rubbish. Look what happen to Cuba a while ago.
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