Greece legalises same-sex marriage

justhach , 5 months ago

Wild that a country that has such a rich history of same-sex relationships would take this long to legalize it.

PapaStevesy , 5 months ago

Yeah, Christianity fucked them up pretty good, just like the rest of us.

Lath , 5 months ago

And they had to cling extra hard to it due to their Islamic frenemies.

Omegamanthethird , 5 months ago

As an American, it’s really weird hearing (blanket statement repeated ad nauseum) how liberal Europe is while seeing countries only just now legalizing marriage. And I realize that the U.S. only defends marriage at a federal level because our courts decided it was a constitutional protection.

Lath , 5 months ago

It's a common mistake. The European Union is more liberal because it needs to be to fulfil it's purpose. The individual countries are more liberal at government level to get that sweet funding. Internally however, we were pretty much conservative until recent years. Then the older generations started to change and only now do the doors start to open. Kind of.
The current state of affairs isn't helping much.

PapaStevesy , 5 months ago

I believe this particular comment was in reference to ancient Grecian pederasty, not modern day European leftism, but I know what you mean.

Buffalox , 5 months ago

IDK how it is in other EU countries, but before we had same sex marriage, we had registered partnerships, with all the same legal rights and benefits as marriage. The only difference was that it wasn’t called a marriage. Now it’s called marriage also for same sex couples, so that last tiny difference is finally gone.
Does that reflect same sex partnerships in USA? Like visits to hospitals that require marriage was NEVER an issue here. Is that still discriminated against in USA, just to harass a minority?

xc2215x , 5 months ago

Great for Greece.

afraid_of_zombies , 5 months ago

Another data point in the theory that less religion equals good.