Switzerland became the 30th country in the world to legalize same-sex marriage and one of the last remaining west European countries to allow couples of same-sexes to have wedlock.
Results provided by the Swiss federal chancellery from Sunday’s nationwide referendum indicate 64.1 percent of voters voted in favor of same-sex marriage.
Jan Muller of the “yes” campaign committee spoke of this legalization stating: “It is a historic day for Switzerland, a historic day when it comes to equality for same-sex couples, and it is also an important day for the whole LGBT community.”
According to justice minister Karin Keller-Sutter, the first same-sex marriages should be able to initiate from the 1st of July next year.
When applied to Swiss territory, the law will permit foreigners married to Swiss people to have citizenship.
“The state does not have to tell citizens how they should lead their lives.” Says Sutter. “Whoever loves each other and wants to get married will be able to do so, regardless of whether it is two men, two women, or a man and a woman,” she adds.
In 2007, Switzerland has allowed same-sex couples to register partnerships with some rights restricted. As though, the new measure comes to make it possible for same-sex couples.
The outcome of the referendum was not convincing for everyone, Monika Rueegger of the right-wing Swiss People’s and committee member told Reuters news agency “This was not about love and feelings, it was about children’s welfare. Children and fathers are the losers here,”
History has marked the Netherlands as the first European country to authorize same-sex marriage on 2001, followed by Germany and Austria in 2017 and 2019. Nevertheless, same-sex marriage remains illegal and outlawed by the constitution in many eastern European countries such as Poland and Hungary.
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