It has finally happend, after the Const. Court orderd Parlament to get it's act together last year and fall in with our great constitition. And now it has happend, every one in this country finally has the same rights.

it might be a bit silly for some of you, and even a bad thing of others, but in 12 years, we have moved from a country where they you looked, talked, etc. etc. etc. decided where you could live, what worl you could do, who you could marry, to a country where differences no longer matter, where everyone is free to enjoy the same rights as everyone else.

From a country where gay homosexuals where send for shock therepy to a country where they can marry.

Good on you, my SA!

AH

"Parly approves gay marriages
14/11/2006 17:32 - (SA)


Cape Town - Parliament has approved the controversial Civil Unions Bill, which provides for same-sex marriage, making South Africa the first African country to do so and one of only a few in the world.

The measure was opposed on Tuesday by almost all opposition parties, bar the Democratic Alliance, which allowed its members a free vote on the issue.

The bill provides for opposite-sex and same-sex couples of 18 years or older to solemnise and register a voluntary union, either by marriage or civil partnership.

Same-sex couples can be married by civil marriage officers and such religious marriage officers who consider these marriages not to fall outside the tenets of their religion.

Home Affairs Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula said South Africa needed to fight and resist all forms of discrimination and prejudice, including homophobia.

The national council of provinces now also needs to approve the bill to meet a Constitutional Court deadline of December 1 to correct what it ruled in December last year was an unconstitutional definition of marriage in the legislation. "



Parly approves gay marriages

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Nope. Well, other than you'll see the population of Key West and San Francisco go down for a couple of weeks as they rush over there.

76% say they are Christian, but the biggest church is called the Zionist, which is more a mix between Christianity and Trd. African belief.

But even if you do not count them as Christian, it is 59%, I think, if not a bit more

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Sorry, there is two threads about the same thing right now.

Just one comment on something in the article you quote:

"The bill was pushed through the National Assembly by the ruling African National Congress amid protests by religious groups and opposition parties in a region where homosexuality remains largely taboo."

This is not quite true, homosexuality is not such a big taboo here, and defnitly much less so than in any other African country (it is still illegal in many African nations)

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So are there other types of homosexuals?

That door was just left wide open.

Wanted to say gays, decided on homosexuals instead, and forgot to delete the other one

shame on me!

lol

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