Green Party Tells Austrian Government Time Running Out on Gay Marriage Pledge

The Greens today (Mon) warned the government was in danger of breaking its promise of a new law on gay marriages by 1 January 2010. Greens’ justice spokesman Albert Steinhauser said "time was running out" for the new law. He added civil partnerships would also give heterosexual couples a less demanding alternative to marriage in a permanent relationship. Civil partnerships, he said, would give couples the right to financial support only during their duration and would be easier to dissolve than marriage. He said homosexual couples should not be given preferential treatment but have the same rights and obligations as heterosexual couples. Full Story from the Austrian Times: http://austriantimes.at/news/General_News/2009-10-12/17143/Greens_warning_over_homosexual_marriage_

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