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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: boomop1
"Appeasing terrorists and homosexual unions perfect match. "
He might appease the terrorists by withdrawing Spain's troops from Iraq, but he's definitely gonna' tick them off legalizing gay unions.
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posted on
03/18/2004 2:35:30 PM PST
by
mass55th
To: Howlin
Hmmm, I wonder if The Passion has opened in Spain yet?
I guess Spain has joined the Post Christian era.
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posted on
03/18/2004 2:37:14 PM PST
by
McGavin999
(Evil thrives when good men do nothing!)
To: knak
It's very confusing to me. I can barely remember who the "real conservatives" are and who the "true conservatives" are. And now this?
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posted on
03/18/2004 2:38:32 PM PST
by
Howlin
To: McGavin999
Spain: Always Ahead of the Curve. (Bell, that is.)
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posted on
03/18/2004 2:39:06 PM PST
by
Howlin
To: anniegetyourgun
Gotta love his priorities.
To: ambrose
Hey Zapatero, you forgot abortion. Are you a true Democrat or not?
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posted on
03/18/2004 2:42:18 PM PST
by
Sender
("This is the most important election in the history of the world." -DU)
To: mass55th
He sounds like a lose cannon firing in all but the right directions, I guess he needs more conferences with J Fn Kerry.
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posted on
03/18/2004 2:42:47 PM PST
by
boomop1
To: billorites
Lauren Hutton thirty years ago?
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posted on
03/18/2004 2:56:25 PM PST
by
mrustow
To: ambrose
Hmmm. Is this legit? I'm not getting the link to work, and I don't see it listed among stories in the Reuters International News page.
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posted on
03/18/2004 2:57:12 PM PST
by
jwalburg
(Terrorists just need more counseling)
To: mass55th
"Appeasing terrorists and homosexual unions perfect match. " He might appease the terrorists by withdrawing Spain's troops from Iraq, but he's definitely gonna' tick them off legalizing gay unions.
After all, isn't Spain holy Muslim ground?
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posted on
03/18/2004 2:58:09 PM PST
by
mrustow
To: jwalburg
Oh. Sure enough. I finally found it! It's legit
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posted on
03/18/2004 2:59:42 PM PST
by
jwalburg
(Terrorists just need more counseling)
To: ambrose
hahah Muslim wackos are going to have a field day with that one... You haven't seen a homophobic violently anti-gay society until you've seen how the Muslim societies treat homosexuals... There is no "coming out" in them...
To: ambrose
hahah Muslim wackos are going to have a field day with that one... You haven't seen a homophobic violently anti-gay society until you've seen how the Muslim societies treat homosexuals... There is no "coming out" in them...
To: mrustow
That little gap in her teeth used to drive me wild.
Sigh...
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posted on
03/18/2004 3:00:45 PM PST
by
billorites
(freepo ergo sum)
To: onyx
but aren't Muslins against homosexuality?Not as long as it's with young boys.
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posted on
03/18/2004 3:10:59 PM PST
by
Caipirabob
(Democrats.. Socialists..Commies..Traitors...Who can tell the difference?)
To: HamiltonJay
You haven't seen a homophobic violently anti-gay society until you've seen how the Muslim societies treat homosexuals...Exactly, but don't expect those anti-war fools on the left to reconcile these views.
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posted on
03/18/2004 3:15:30 PM PST
by
Dolphy
To: My2Cents
Is the pansy the national flower of Spain?
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posted on
03/18/2004 3:15:30 PM PST
by
tessalu
To: ambrose; american colleen; sinkspur; Lady In Blue; Salvation; Polycarp IV; narses; SMEDLEYBUTLER; ..
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posted on
03/18/2004 3:27:36 PM PST
by
NYer
(Ad Jesum per Mariam)
To: Caipirabob
Everyone keeps emphasizing the 72 virgins.
If I'm not mistaken though, the reference in the Koran is to 100 ever fresh virgins. 72 nubile females and 28 prepubescent little boys.
Sheesh!
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posted on
03/18/2004 3:32:57 PM PST
by
America's Resolve
(All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing (hint SPAIN!))
To: marshmallow
As in Massachusetts and other parts of this country, a nominally Catholic population which no longer lives its faith nor takes seriously its baptism, embraces politicians who promote secular, godless agendas. This is a curious business. And it's true in other places too, like Quebec. It's a kind of adolescent rebellion, I guess, but like the rebellions of the 1960s, it can have really terrible consequences.
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