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Russia seeks to ban adoption to foreign gay couples

Agence France-PresseJune 18, 2013 06:31
Russian lawmakers on Tuesday debated a bill which would place tough restrictions on adoption to countries where same-sex marriages are legal, following France's vote last month allowing such unions. The bill could ban people in over a dozen countries from adopting Russian orphans even if they are single, according to proposed amendments being discussed in the Duma lower house of parliament. It is likely to be swiftly passed and President Vladimir Putin has already vowed to sign it into law. The bill, already in the second of three readings, will be voted on later Tuesday.

Vincent and Bruno say 'I do' in France's first gay marriage

Agence France-PresseJune 14, 2013 18:06
Vincent Autin and Bruno Boileau said "I do" on Wednesday at an emotional ceremony celebrating France's first official gay marriage after months of sometimes violent protests. "It is a great honour to tell you that you are united in marriage by law," Helene Mandroux, the visibly moved mayor of the southern city of Montpellier, told the couple as Frank Sinatra's song "Love and Marriage" filled the room.

French president signs gay marriage bill into law

Agence France-PresseMay 18, 2013 06:45
France on Saturday became the 14th country to legalise same-sex marriage after President Francois Hollande signed the measure into law following months of bitter political debate. Hollande acted a day after the Constitutional Council threw out a legal challenge by the right-wing opposition, which had been the last obstacle to passing the bill into law. The legislation also legalises gay adoption. But while gay rights groups hailed the move, opponents of the measures have vowed to fight on.

French president to sign gay marriage bill into law

Agence France-PresseMay 17, 2013 23:00
French President Francois Hollande will sign a gay marriage and adoption bill into law Saturday, after the Constitutional Council threw out a legal challenge by the right-wing opposition. Hollande, trying to turn the page on months of bitter opposition to the measures, said it was "time to respect the law and the Republic". The Constitutional Council approved the bill on Friday, International Day Against Homophobia.

France to sign gay marriage bill into law on Saturday

Agence France-PresseMay 17, 2013 22:30
French President Francois Hollande was set to sign a gay marriage and adoption bill into law Saturday after it was cleared by the Constitutional Council which turned down a challenge by the right-wing opposition. Hollande, who had made "marriage for all" a key election pledge, made the announcement saying it was "now time to respect the law and the Republic" after the top French institution cleared the bill. The first gay wedding can be held 10 days after Hollande signs it into law.

French Senate adopts gay marriage law

April 12, 2013 11:30
France's upper house Senate voted Friday to approve a landmark bill granting homosexual couples the right to marry and adopt, after a heated debate and mass protests from conservatives and religious groups. The vote, by a show of hands, puts the bill on track to become law within weeks following a second reading in the lower house National Assembly to approve several technical amendments introduced in the Senate. The ruling Socialists said the bill would return to the National Assembly by Wednesday -- far earlier than the expected date of May 20.

French Senate adopts gay marriage law

April 12, 2013 08:31
France's upper house Senate voted Friday to adopt a landmark bill granting homosexual couples the right to marry and adopt, after a heated debate and protests from conservatives and religious groups. The vote, by a show of hands, puts the bill on track to become law after technical second readings in both houses. Senators had on Wednesday approved the crucial first article of the bill granting gay couples the right to marry and to adopt, by a vote of 179 to 157.

German court expands adoption rights of gay couples

February 19, 2013 12:45
BERLIN, Feb 19 (Reuters) - Germany's constitutional court handed same-sex couples a victory on Tuesday by ruling that gay people should be allowed to adopt a child already adopted by their partner. The court said an existing ban on the practice - known as successive adoption - violated the principle of equal treatment of people regardless of their sexual orientation. It said the status quo also harmed the rights of the children involved.

Austrian lesbian couple win European adoption ruling

February 19, 2013 10:30
STRASBOURG, Feb 19 (Reuters) - A lesbian couple who want to jointly raise one partner's child have won their case at the European Court for Human Rights, which ruled that Austria's adoption laws discriminated against gay people on that issue. The case was brought in 2007 by the unnamed women, both born in 1967. They live with one partner's son, who was born out of wedlock in 1995.

Gays can adopt partners' adopted children: top German court

February 19, 2013 07:31
Germany's highest court ruled on Tuesday that gays in a civil partnership should be allowed to adopt their partners' adopted children, saying they can bring them up as well as couples in a traditional marriage. The Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe, western Germany, ruled that an existing law forbidding gays and lesbians from adopting their partners' already adopted children went against the country's basic law or constitution. Gay couples are still forbidden from adopting children in Germany.
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