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the right to full marriage when the
question is asked in the context of
including adoption rights.
Pollsters asked: “In [several
European] countries, the possibility
of wedlock for same-sex partners is
being discussed. Such unions may
entail the possibility of same-sex
couples adopting children. Would
you agree or disagree with a similar
proposal for Chile?”
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rance’s first same-sex marriage,
conducted allegedly in viola
tion of the law June 5 by Bègles
Mayor Noel Mamère, was annulled
July 27 by a court in Bordeaux, of
A court has annulled France’s first same-sex marriage
which Bègles is a suburb.
Mamère and the couple— between Stéphane Chapin (left) and Bertrand Charpentier
Stéphane Chapin and Bertrand
Charpentier—have argued that the French civil
But Zaborska told the Web site, “It is not
code does not prohibit same-sex marriage. The
true to say that I am against women who have
spumed grœms plan an appeal to the European
had an abortion or against men or women who
Court of Human Rights.
are homosexuals.” She blamed the brouhaha on
Hie French gay rights consortium Inter Cen “one article from a newspaper.”
tres LGBT denounced the niling and urged
“1 know that women who have abortions do
President Jacques Chirac to call a national ref so because they feel they have no other option,”
erendum on same-sex marriage. "It seemed pos Zaborska told the site. “It’s a difficult decision
sible [to us] to interpret the blur of the French
taken in extreme situations. I don’t want to
civil code (which does not define in any
judge these women; I want to help them.”
moment marriage as the union of a man and a
As for gays, Zaborska reportedly told a news
woman) in the light of the first article of the
paper last year that people who behave exhibition-
French Declaration of Human and Civic Rights
istically in Pride parades should not be allowed to
[which states,] ‘Human beings are bom and
work with children.
remain free and equal in rights,’ ” the group said.
Now she says: “I was refer
Polling has shown that two-thirds of French
ring to a situation where
people support granting same-sex couples access to
images of people dancing
marriage. France lets same-sex couples form legal
naked in love parades in
civil unions, but such partnerships are denied
places like Berlin or Rome are
some of the rights and obligations of marriage.
broadcast on TV and watched
by children. I was questioning
AUSTRALIA
myself if these people should
Anna Zaborska
wo gay men kissed in front of Australian Gov
be teachers of my kids. [ButJ 1
ernor General Michael Jeffrey as he addressed
think any discrimination against human beings is
a Family Expo conference July 24 in Brisbane. unacceptable—any discrimination at all.”
The governor general is the British sover
eign’s Australian representative. His duties are
SWEDEN
mostly ceremonial.
eported hate crimes against queer Swedes
Kissers Jeff Poole and Jeff Cheverton, mem
have doubled since 1996, a new study has
bers of the gay group Action Reform Change
found.
Queensland, said they were demonstrating that
In 1996, 25 percent of 2,000 queers surveyed
“the family is not owned by religious fundamen said they had been the victim of an anti-gay
talists.” Reports said the audience gasped when
hate crime. The new study, also of 2,000 people,
the men locked lips.
found that 52 percent of respondents have expe
rienced a hate crime.
NORWAY
The research was conducted by criminologist
majority of members of Norway’s Parlia-
Eva Tiby at the University of Stockholm. Com
> ment now favor allowing gay couples to
mon perpetrators included relatives, neighbors,
adopt children.
students, pupils, blue collar workers, store
Hie adoption ban is the last distinction
keepers and public authorities.
between marriage and gay registered partnership
The most commonly reported incidents
in Norway. The law could be changed within a
involved slander, insult and verbal harassment.
few months.
About 12 percent of respondents reported vio
lent crimes, and 11 percent reported sex crimes.
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ays and lesbians staged their fourth Pride
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CTV said “almost 100” people gathered on side
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4 - ame-sex relationships are not common law
□ marriages, South Koreas Incheon District
Court ruled July 27. “Kim” had asked the court
to force her ex-lover of 20 years, “Yu,” to pay
alimony and divide their property.
But the court said: “In our society, marriage
means a mental and physical unity between a
man and a woman.... A partnership between two
persons of the same sex cannot be approved as a
INTERNATIONAL
married couple. Thus, it cannot be protected
he newly elected chairwoman of the Euro
pean Parliament’s women’s committee, Anna
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