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05-17-2010, 01:47 PM
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Marriage Equality in Portugal
President Aníbal Cavaco Silva announced Monday night that he will sign the same-sex marriage bill, making Portugal the sixth country in Europe and the eighth in the world to allow same-sex marriage nationwide.
I don't have this from a Portuguese source yet, but the AP is reporting it. Portugal's president ratifies gay marriage law
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05-17-2010, 01:48 PM
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Lucky for them Smoke. That still doesn't do anything for us still oppressed here in America.
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05-17-2010, 01:51 PM
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Portugal is beating us. Portugal! Come on, America!
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05-17-2010, 01:51 PM
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Quote:
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"If you don't believe that Puerto Rican Americans ought to be able to get married in this country, you are a bigot. If you don't think African Americans should be allowed in the military, you are a bigot. If you think it ought to be legal to refuse to hire Asian Americans, you are a bigot. And in case you're missing the point, there's only one group in America against whom the bigots are winning in all three areas." -Michael Dixon
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05-17-2010, 01:53 PM
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Yes Smoke. Go Portugal gays! We love you!
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05-17-2010, 01:57 PM
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And now an Italian report: Nozze gay/ Presidente Portogallo firmerÃ* legge per consentirle - apcom - Il Cittadino di Monza e Brianza
Still waiting for the Portuguese. Edit: I got overly enthusiastic. That's just the AP report in Italian. Where's Reuters?
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"If you don't believe that Puerto Rican Americans ought to be able to get married in this country, you are a bigot. If you don't think African Americans should be allowed in the military, you are a bigot. If you think it ought to be legal to refuse to hire Asian Americans, you are a bigot. And in case you're missing the point, there's only one group in America against whom the bigots are winning in all three areas." -Michael Dixon Last edited by Smoke; 05-17-2010 at 02:00 PM..
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05-17-2010, 02:13 PM
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Okay, we now have it from two Portuguese sources:
Cavaco promulgou casamento gay com várias críticas ao Parlamento - JN Cavaco promulga diploma que permite casamento 'gay' - Portugal - DN Cavaco wasn't a very good sport. A longtime opponent of marriage equality, he took the opportunity to grouse about it and say that civil unions would have been better. But he's signing; that's the important thing.
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05-17-2010, 02:17 PM
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Here's something you Texans may find interesting: The English version of the Houston Chronicle hasn't reported it yet, but the Spanish version has posted the AP story.
Presidente de Portugal ratificará ley que permite matrimonios gay | La Voz de Houston | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle
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05-17-2010, 02:18 PM
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Go Portugal, go! Show America how it's done
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05-17-2010, 02:23 PM
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For those who don't know, 17 May is IDAHO - The International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia.
It's also the anniversary of the Supreme Court ruling in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka that struck down school segregation laws in the U.S. It's also the anniversary of the first legal same-sex marriages in the United States, which took place in Massachusetts on 17 May 2004. Good day for civil rights.
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