Danish Parliament Gives Most Legal Rights of Marriage to Gay Couples
The Danish Parliament passed a law on Friday allowing homosexual couples to marry, granting them all the rights of heterosexual families except for adoption and recognition by the state Lutheran Church.
The bill was approved by a vote of 71 to 47, with five abstentions and 56 legislators absent in the 179-seat Parliament.
The law drew criticism from Christian groups who called it “contrary to nature.”
The legislation, which takes effect Aug. 1, gives homosexual marriage the status of a “registered partnership” with full inheritance rights and requiring official divorce proceedings for dissolution.
Registered partnerships with foreigners will also be permitted without hindrance.
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