Spain sees first lesbian marriage - BBC

Last Updated: Friday, 22 July, 2005, 14:05 GMT 15:05 UK
Spain sees first lesbian marriage - BBC

More journalists than guests were at Veronica and Tiana's wedding

Two women have become the first in Spain to get married since a new law allowing same-sex weddings.

Veronica and Tiana, from Spain and Argentina, were married in Mollet del Valles near Barcelona.

On Thursday, a judge in southern Spain angered the gay community by preventing two other women from tying the knot.

The judge questioned whether the new marriage law was compatible with the constitution, which refers to marriage only between "a man and a woman."

The first marriage between two men took place on 11 July a week after the marriage law came into force.

Spain's lower house of parliament voted in favour of the bill on 30 June, overruling its rejection by the upper house, the Senate. Polls suggest most Spaniards back the move, although thousands joined a Madrid rally against the bill before it was passed.

And some of Spain's local mayors have said they will not officiate at gay marriages.

スペインで女性同士が初めて結婚・合法化受け (日本経済 2005/07/23)

　【パリ＝奥村茂三郎】スペイン北東部のバルセロナ郊外で22日、女性同士による初めての法的な結婚が成立した。結婚したのはスペイン人のベロニカさんとアルゼンチン人のタニさん。スペイン政府は7月4日に同性婚を認める新しい婚姻法を施行。11日には初の男性同士の結婚が成立していた。

　ただ、同性婚を巡る世論は割れている。同国南西部デニアでは21日、「新しい婚姻法は結婚を男女間のものとする憲法に違反する疑いがある」として判事が女性同士の結婚を差し止めた。 (12:11)


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