Norway legalises gay marriage

[FreeState]

Source: Pink News

Members of Parliament in Norway today approved a bill that will allow same-sex couples to marry by 84 votes to 41.

The new law will make marriage gender neutral.

The Scandinavian country already allows gay and lesbian couples to enter into civil partnerships, but LGBT rights groups had long complained the law does not go far enough.

In 2004 a similar law, which proposed to abolish the system of civil partnerships and replace it with one single gender neutral marriage law for all citizens, was rejected by the Norwegian parliament.

Read more: http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-7926.html

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YEAH!!! One more country down 100's more to go!

[Starbucks Anarchist]

1. Excellent.

[TlalocW]

2. Next stop... Saudi Arabia!

Okay, maybe not.

TlalocW

[slackmaster]

3. California Uber Alles!

Except perhaps Massachussets.

[LeftHander]

4. Lots of Norwiegens in Midwest

I can't imagine this will go unnoticed at the next lutefisk dinner at the Sons of Norway lodge.

Yah, You betcha they'll be talkin' about the gays.

[Hardrada]

11. Uff da!

Ja, well then, that is different. says yours truly an Iowa Norwegian.

[Tesha]

5. How will we ever explain this to the little lutefisks? (NT)

[David__77]

6. The only two parties opposed got 28.9% of the vote in the last elections.

The rest of the parties voted for marriage rights.

Congratulations to the people of Norway!

NOW, defund the religious schools that teach bigotry and obscurantism!

[LynnTheDem]

7. CONGRATS, NORWAY!!!

Canada beat you, but it's never too late to make equal rights EQUAL.

[Bluebear]

8. Oh no, Norway just lost us the election.

:sarcasm:

[phrigndumass]

9. Terrific! Europe could be next in a jiff.

Ya sure, you betcha!

:applause:

[Hardrada]

10. The whole country?

[aquart]

12. AND they have universal healthcare.

[Critters2]

13. And kringla. nt

[jgraz]

14. Well sure, it's easy for them. They don't get hurricanes.

[customerserviceguy]

15. Now that

was FUNNY!