Swiss Voters Approve Law Allowing Same-Sex Marriages

Sep 27, 2021 View Original Article
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"In addition to opening up the option of marriage to all couples, an amendment to Switzerland's marriage law that was put to voters in a referendum, and approved, grants lesbian couples access to sperm banks and allows same-sex couples to adopt children."
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4% Conservative
"Polls by local news media had predicted widespread approval for same-sex marriage in Switzerland, but they also showed the opposition gaining some last-minute momentum after an intense advertising campaign."
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2% Conservative
"Kathrin Bertschy, a Swiss politician who had strongly campaigned in favor of same-sex marriage, described the result as a milestone for Switzerland."
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0% Conservative
"Under the new, amended law, same-sex couples will now be able to have a civil wedding and will be granted largely the same institutional and legal rights as heterosexual couples."
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0% Conservative
"For opponents, the vote was about more than just same-sex marriage and Mr. Frischknecht likened its significance for Swiss society to the bursting of a dam."
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"Since 2007, same-sex couples in Switzerland have been able to enter into a civil partnership, which grants some legal rights but is not equal to a marriage."
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-2% Liberal
"ZURICH -- Voters in Switzerland overwhelmingly decided on Sunday to legalize same-sex marriage, making the country one of the last in Western Europe to do so."
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-6% Liberal
"The only country in Western Europe now that does not allow marriage between same-sex couples is Italy; it does, however, allow civil unions."
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-12% Liberal
"Swiss L.G.B.T.Q. organizations estimate that up to 30,000 children are currently being raised by same-sex parents in Switzerland, but the legal barriers in the country meant that many of those couples had to go abroad to start their families."
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-12% Liberal
"Using images of crying babies on posters plastered in towns and cities across Switzerland, the opponents had focused their campaign on their opposition to the right of same-sex couples to have children."
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"During the second day of the Michigan Republican Party's leadership conference, Graham said he hopes Trump will run again, which reportedly drew in applause."
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"I hope President Trump runs again."
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"The South Carolina senator also praised the development of the coronavirus vaccine under the Trump administration, an effort that was dubbed Operation Warp Speed."
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"He also commended Trump's efforts to appoint conservative judges and cut taxes, according to the news source."
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"following a report in the new acclaimed book Peril, by journalists Bod Woodward and Robert Costa, that the senators vetted Trump's claims about the 2020 presidential election."
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : In addition to opening up the option of marriage to all couples, an amendment to Switzerland's marriage law that was put to voters in a referendum, and approved, grants lesbian couples access to sperm banks and allows same-sex couples to adopt children.
51% : Polls by local news media had predicted widespread approval for same-sex marriage in Switzerland, but they also showed the opposition gaining some last-minute momentum after an intense advertising campaign.
50% : Kathrin Bertschy, a Swiss politician who had strongly campaigned in favor of same-sex marriage, described the result as "a milestone" for Switzerland.
50% : Under the new, amended law, same-sex couples will now be able to have a civil wedding and will be granted largely the same institutional and legal rights as heterosexual couples.
50% : For opponents, the vote was about more than just same-sex marriage and Mr. Frischknecht likened its significance for Swiss society to the bursting of a dam.
49% : Since 2007, same-sex couples in Switzerland have been able to enter into a civil partnership, which grants some legal rights but is not equal to a marriage.
47% : ZURICH -- Voters in Switzerland overwhelmingly decided on Sunday to legalize same-sex marriage, making the country one of the last in Western Europe to do so.
44% : The only country in Western Europe now that does not allow marriage between same-sex couples is Italy; it does, however, allow civil unions.
44% : Swiss L.G.B.T.Q. organizations estimate that up to 30,000 children are currently being raised by same-sex parents in Switzerland, but the legal barriers in the country meant that many of those couples had to go abroad to start their families.
43% : Using images of crying babies on posters plastered in towns and cities across Switzerland, the opponents had focused their campaign on their opposition to the right of same-sex couples to have children.

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