tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968144500613954505.post6009299184336453138..comments2023-06-01T18:54:49.344+08:00Comments on There's a cure for that: What the Baguio Brouhaha has Shown UsErikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02928753211385443072noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968144500613954505.post-24909684793704270272011-08-02T09:59:25.555+08:002011-08-02T09:59:25.555+08:00@ QT: Hi! Germany does not officially have marri...@ QT: Hi! Germany does not officially have marriage equality YET, but in 2001 it enacted the Life Partnership Act. While not technically marriage, registered life partnerships are essentially civil unions which give most of the same rights and benefits of marriage. Germany's High Court ruled last year that all the rights and obligations of marriage be extended to same-sex registered partners, and that the legislature needs to correct any existing inequalities between marriages and partnerships.<br /><br />Germany is in the process of same-sex partnership evolution right now (as you noted), and will likely upgrade life partnerships into full marriage in much the same way as its Scandinavian neighbors have already done. This probably won't fully happen until the Social Democrats, the Left, and the Greens are able to once again form a coalition government, which is likely to happen after the next elections. I believe those will be in 2013.Erikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02928753211385443072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968144500613954505.post-63386435468984800312011-08-01T13:39:17.125+08:002011-08-01T13:39:17.125+08:00Germany also has same sex marriage I believe. My ...Germany also has same sex marriage I believe. My auntie works in Germany, I think she said that there is same sex marriage there also and they have followed some similar steps leading up to equality also. Thanks for all the information here, it really helps!QTnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968144500613954505.post-48434440666154030322011-07-29T17:02:46.377+08:002011-07-29T17:02:46.377+08:00Well said, Emerson. I think you hit the nail on t...Well said, Emerson. I think you hit the nail on the head: it all boils down to fear of the unknown, fear of anything "different," and fear of change. Knowledge and education are the only answer, my friend. Step by step it will happen!Erikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02928753211385443072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968144500613954505.post-29551541995664379032011-07-28T13:12:08.210+08:002011-07-28T13:12:08.210+08:00Religious and political ideologies that has blunte...Religious and political ideologies that has blunted the Philippines Culture for Centuries now have created a cycle of oppression and proliferated the culture of ignorance in the minds of Filipinos that resulted to fear. I hope that our advocacy will be supported by open minded people who have move to a different progressive culture....Emerson Sorianohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10786024193943247570noreply@blogger.com