ARGENTINA, THE GAY MARRIAGE AND 'LAW.
INSTITUTIONS HAVE LAY IT RESOLVED, the unprecedented
DESPITE PRESSURE clerical.
Enzo Cucco, Giuseppina La Delfa and Maurizio Cecconi, spokesman for the Committee,
on a law approved last night by the Senate of Argentina.
"Argentina, a country where 91% of the population is Catholic, has run converted dawn today in the first state in South America - the tenth in the world - that recognizes gay people the right to civil marriage and In parallel, the adoptions. The final debate in the Senate of the Republic, which lasted over 15 hours, was transmitted entirely by television, representing a model of democratic discussion and decision-secular. In fact, despite the unprecedented pressure from the hierarchy of the Catholic Church, going so far to organize street protests that have created tension and incidents, the highest institutions of Argentina have decided bearing in mind the common principle of equality before the law ", so Enzo Cucco, spokesman for the Committee" Yes, I do. " For Josephine
The Delphi spokesman of the Committee "Yes, I want it!", "The decision of Argentina is a historic step forward. As noted by María Rachid, representative of the Argentine Federation of Lesbians, Gay, Bisexual and Trans (FALGBT), access to marriage also implies the recognition of all those rights which are tied to marriage. In particular, the adoptions. Equality before the law is the prerequisite for achieving social equality. "
"One day after the anniversary of the French Revolution, which marked the end of the power of the aristocracy and clergy, Argentina gives us a civilized, obtained with an exemplary effort, through the efforts of LGBT Argentine and the positions of the majority of secular political forces, "as well Maurizio Cecconi, spokesman for the Committee" Yes, I do, "which concludes:" While in Argentina open to gay marriage, in Italy we are stuck with the utterances of beam-clerical Giovanardi and the Berlusconi government. It 's time, also for our country, a new era of freedom and profound and radical change. "
COMMITTEE "YES, I WANT IT!"
for the recognition of the right to civil marriage to gay people
Press Thursday, July 15, 2010
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