Finland to legalize same-sex marriage

Finland’s Justice Ministry has begun work on legalizing same-sex marriage
as well as adoption by married same-sex couples.

Justice Minister Tuija Brax said Finland’s constitution bans
discrimination based on gender and that public opinion supports letting
gay couples marry.

The law should be in place by 2012.

That will leave Denmark as the only Nordic country without same-sex
marriage. Ironically, in 1989, Denmark was the first nation in the world
to enact a registered-partnership law. It granted gay couples 99 percent
of the rights and obligations of marriage and became a model for numerous
other nations.

Full same-sex marriage is legal in Belgium, Canada, Iceland, the
Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Mexico City,
Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont and Washington,
D.C.

By Rex Wockner

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