Hungary legalizes same-sex civil partnerships
Tue Dec 18, 2007 6:00pm
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary's parliament passed a law late on Monday
that allows same-sex couples to register a civil partnership with many
of the rights and obligations of marriage.
匈牙利國會週一通過立法，允許同性伴侶註冊並賦予同性伴侶等同婚姻關係的
許多權利義務。
Registered couples will have the same rights as married heterosexual
couples in inheritance, taxation and other financial matters.
註冊的同性伴侶將可享有與異性戀婚姻配偶相同的繼承、稅務和其他財務上的
權利。
But they will not be allowed to adopt children, unlike married couples.
但是同性伴侶不能收養小孩。
After decades under communist rule when homosexuality was banned or
simply out of sight, it is far less widely accepted in Eastern Europe
than in most of Western Europe.
The Czech Republic and Slovenia allow same-sex partnerships to be
registered, but none of the former communist states allow gay marriages.
捷克和斯洛文尼亞也允許同性伴侶註冊，但沒有一個前共產國家允許同性婚姻。
Although the law is primarily aimed at same-sex couples, the registered
partnership is also open to heterosexual couples.
The law passed with 185 votes in favor, 154 against and 9 abstentions.
It will take effect as of January 2009.
(Reporting by Krisztina Than; Editing by Michael Kahn)
按：歐洲開放同性伴侶的國家，已有北歐五國、英、法、葡、瑞、德、捷克、
斯洛文尼亞、盧森堡。匈牙利要到2009年1月才開始實施。
歐洲同性婚姻合法化的有三國，荷蘭、比利時、西班牙。
Uruguay OKs gay unions in Latin American first
Tue Dec 18, 2007 7:43pm
MONTEVIDEO (Reuters) - Uruguay's Congress legalized civil unions for
homosexual couples on Tuesday in the first nationwide law of its kind
in Latin America.
烏拉圭眾議院週二立法通過同性伴侶合法化，成為拉丁美洲第一個全國性承認
同性民事結合的國家。
(編註：烏拉圭總統已於今年元旦簽署這項法案)
Under the new law, gay and straight couples will be eligible to form
civil unions after living together for five years. They will have
rights similar to those granted to married couples on such matters as
inheritance, pensions and child custody.
新法規定，同性戀或異性戀伴侶只要同居五年就有登記為伴侶的資格，將可獲
得與婚姻配偶在繼承、退休養老撫恤金、子女監護的同等權利。
Uruguay's Senate passed the bill unanimously after the lower house
approved it last month, a congressional spokesman said. The country's
center-left president is expected to sign it into law.
Several cities, including Buenos Aires and Mexico City, already have
gay civil union laws on the books. Uruguay's law would be the first
nationwide measure in Latin America, which is home to about half the
world's Roman Catholics.
In Uruguay, couples must register their relationship with authorities
to gain the cohabitation rights, and they will also be able to
formalize the end of a union.
Gay marriage remains illegal in Uruguay, a small South American
country known for its secular streak.
The Catholic Church has said its opposition to gay marriage is non-
negotiable and Catholic politicians have a moral duty to oppose it.
Earlier this year in Colombia, a group of senators shot down a
landmark gay rights bill at the last minute, using a procedural vote
to back away from the measure.
(Reporting by Conrado Hornos; Writing by Hilary Burke; Editing by
Eric Beech)
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