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Spain Will Legalise Gay 'Marriages' - Zapatero
Reuters ^
| 3.18.04
Posted on 03/18/2004 2:16:40 PM PST by ambrose
Spain Will Legalise Gay 'Marriages' - Zapatero
Thu Mar 18, 2004 04:04 PM ET
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain will legalize gay unions, although it may not call them marriages, incoming prime minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said on Thursday, but he did not set a time-frame for the move.
"We are going to present a bill to set gay unions on the same footing as marriage," he said in an interview on Spain's Telecinco television channel.
"From a semantic point of view marriage may be a concept that does not cover this type of union, but it will have the same legal effects," he added.
During the outgoing center-right government's two terms in office, opposition politicians in mainly Catholic Spain made several attempts to legalize same-sex marriage.
Zapatero, who swept to a surprise victory in general elections on Sunday, made legalizing gay unions one of his campaign pledges.
The Vatican condemns same sex unions.
TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: antifamily; catholiclist; civilunion; cultureofdeath; culturewar; goatnuptials; goodvsevil; homosexualagenda; kerry; kerrysupporter; marriage; mockinggod; pervert; prisoners; romans1; samesexunions; socialism; socialist; socialistagenda; spain; spanishelection; spiritualbattle; supportskerry; zapatero
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To: *Homosexual Agenda; EdReform; scripter; GrandMoM; backhoe; Yehuda; Clint N. Suhks; saradippity; ...
Homosexual Agenda Ping + Spain, after digging a hole for itself, digs further, jumps in, and pulls hole in after it.
Ever notice how socialism and perversion seem to go hand in hand (in a matter of speaking....)?
Anyone wanting to be added to or subtracted from this busy pinglist, pingify me!
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posted on
03/18/2004 5:49:44 PM PST
by
little jeremiah
(...men of intemperate minds can not be free. Their passions forge their fetters.)
To: A_Niceguy_in_CA
In many Muslim sects, the father is supposed to de-virginize his son. It's a big rite of passage for a young Muslim boy and his proud father Can you cite a source? I've never heard of this Muslim father-son, umm, bonding ritual before.
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posted on
03/18/2004 5:50:44 PM PST
by
Mackey
("First the Saturday people, then the Sunday people." Ha! First Afghanistan, then Iraq, Syria, etc.)
To: little jeremiah
Of course socialism and perversion go hand in hand.
Both are secular and immoral.
63
posted on
03/18/2004 5:53:38 PM PST
by
onyx
(Kerry' s a Veteran, but so were Lee Harvey Oswald, Timothy McVeigh and Benedict Arnold.)
To: NYer; Desdemona; Dajjal; sandyeggo; saradippity; Askel5; Romulus; ninenot; B-Chan; sockmonkey; ...
Anyone for a Catholic strike against the Socialist government?
If I were the Ministrix of Catholic Action at the Vatican, you can bet there would be a Catholic work stoppage in Spain that bring this Socialist government toppling.
Then I would go to work on the government in Poland that is starting to cave.
Then on day three I would deal with the pro-abort pseudo-Catholic politicians the world over.
Yes, it is me with just some evening musings while baking some things for the St. Joseph's Altar tomorrow evening.
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posted on
03/18/2004 7:30:20 PM PST
by
Siobhan
(+Pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet+)
To: Siobhan
65
posted on
03/18/2004 7:32:21 PM PST
by
NeoCaveman
(Hey John F'in. Kerry, why the long face?)
To: swampfox98
"I really feel for the conservative people in Spain. They are very much like the conservatives in America - we don't have much clout."Sure we do. Navy SEALs, Marines, Army Rangers, Green Berets, Delta Force, etc etc.
Most of them are Conservative. Course, that aint sayin much since they kinda have to be to keep their jobs..
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posted on
03/18/2004 7:35:13 PM PST
by
Windsong
To: NYer
Hmmm, when I was growing up at a Catholic school I learned that there were 3 kinds of Spaniards
.
Priests, bullfighters, ands gays
guess, they were right.
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posted on
03/18/2004 8:30:35 PM PST
by
Victoria Delsoul
(Kerry's 3 Purple Hearts are: 2 for minor arm and thigh injury and 1 for killing a semi-dead VietCong)
To: ambrose
A preview of what life would be like under John F. Kerry.
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posted on
03/18/2004 9:42:37 PM PST
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
To: GatorGirl; maryz; *Catholic_list; afraidfortherepublic; Antoninus; Aquinasfan; Askel5; livius; ...
Ping!
69
posted on
03/18/2004 9:43:21 PM PST
by
narses
(If you want OFF or ON my Catholic Ping list, please email me. +)
To: CasearianDaoist; raloxk; freedom moose
Doesn't look as if they wasted any time getting to this campaign promise!
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posted on
03/19/2004 10:29:45 AM PST
by
AntiGuv
(When the countdown hits zero, something's gonna happen..)
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