 Norway: Gays should be able to marry, adopt It's good to see yet another country moving towards true equality. When will the US get with the times? Long-term, committed relationships should have equal protection under the law. Quote:
Norway's centre-left government proposed a law Friday that would place gays on the same footing as heterosexuals when it comes to marriage and adoption and would give lesbians equal access to artificial insemination.
According to the Norwegian news agency NTB, the draft bill will probably receive the support of parliament, where the government holds 97 of 169 seats, when it comes to permitting gay marriage and adoption.
It was however less clear if parliament would back in vitro fertilisation for lesbians, NTB said.
"The lives of homosexual and of heterosexual couples are worth the same," Children and Equality minister Anniken Huitfeldt said in a statement, comparing the new law proposal with the introduction of general voting rights in Norway in 1913.
"The new law is not a weakening of the institution of marriage; rather it represents a strengthening. The value of marriage does not decrease because more people gain access to it," she insisted.
| AFP: Gays should be allowed to wed, adopt: Norway Hate is NOT a 'family value.'
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