Same sex marriages allowed! by Zuzana Fabcinova

U.S. state of California has recently integrated into a mediocare group including seven countries (Netherlands, Belgium, Canada, South Africa, Spain, United Kingdom and Norway) and two U. S. states (Massachusetts and Iowa), where same sex marriages are no longer illegal.Due to this right, hundreds of homosexuals all across the country decided to say “yes” to their partners. As some of them say, it is now or never. They are afraid that this regulation will be canceled after November election and their opportunity to get married with their loved ones will be lost for longer time again. That is why they wanted to take their unique chance and hurried to have a wedding. The ceremony itself was quite special along with the participants wearing various eye-catching clothes and audience, who came to show their support of gay and lesbian marriages.Of course, this event didn't pass without the attention of dissenters of same sex marriages, who expressed their opinions about homosexual partnerships, claiming that such relationships are abnormal, unnatural, perverse and weird. Signs, posters and yells of protesters didn't discourage couples in love from official affirmation of their sympathies.Gay and lesbian community has always been considered controversial. Discussions about normality or abnormality of such couples will probably last forever. Neither have we got rid of stereotypes and prejudices about homosexuals, seeing gay men as effeminate, fashionable and promiscuous and lesbian women as butch, man-haters and radical feminists. These people must unrarely face discrimination, in some cultures even violence. Being a gay or lesbian in some countries may even mean going to prison or being sentenced to death penalty.This long-awaited step of Californian government has brought at least small breath of change. Homosexuals in other countries unfortunately can do nothing more than hope that this act will be an inspiration for other legislators.

related story: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080617/ap_on_re_us/gay_marriage;_ylt=ApsuG1OIBChafD.7tXdtet6s0NUE

by Zuzana Fabcinova for PocketNews (http://pocketnews.tv)

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