GAY MARRIAGE NOT A RIGHT
The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg
The European Court of Human Rights has again ruled that same-sex marriage is not a human right and that European countries are not obligated to ensure gays and lesbians can marry.
The court in 2010 came to the same conclusion but again reiterated this position in regard to a new case concerning a lesbian couple, Valerie Gas and Nathalie Dubois, from France who are in a civil partnership.
Under French law, Gas is not allowed to adopt the child that Dubois gave birth to, after using a sperm donor, because they are not legally married.
The women argued that they are being discriminated against and that France should be forced to give them the right to marry.
The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg disagreed and said that “the European Convention on Human Rights does not require member states’ governments to grant same-sex couples access to marriage”.
It also said that refusing to allow Gas to adopt the child was not discriminatory as a member of an unmarried heterosexual couple in a civil partnership would also not be allowed to do so.
The court added, however: “Where national legislation recognises registered partnerships between same sex, member states should aim to ensure that their legal status and their rights and obligations are equivalent to those of heterosexual couples in a similar situation.”
The ruling is expected to be used by opponents of same-sex marriage rights to justify their position.
this is total nonsense, is not a human right to be able to marry whom ever you choose?
So..men and women can get married..that is a right..same sex couples can”t..that might nit be a human right..but discriminate..how do they justify between discrimination and human right..??
Is that because gay people are not human? Very strange stance. Well I just got married after 15 years together and it is liberating to think that my husbands sister is LEGALLY my sister-in-law and my parents are LEGALLY his in-laws.
Viva South Africa !!!!!
It is shame that Europe has ruled that. They’re obviously unaware of the benefits that legalizing same sex marriage could bring to their suffering economy. I am fortunate to be living in an equally beautiful country that happens to be accepting of my sexuality- South Africa.
Once again hypocrisy rules in ‘the 1st world’ how backward can Europeans be? I thought we had issues with conersovos (conservative people). Isnt the option of marriage awesome, it makes u feel like A HUMAN BEING With REAL RIGHTS doesn’t it? Of course it does. We still got briges to build for the LBGTI sure but compared to the rest of the world we are pretty progressive n many fronts*smiley*