Gay Marriage Coming to Portugal
November 10, 2009 by James
Sources close to Portuguese Prime Minister José Sócrates, who is forming a new government following September elections, said Oct. 23 that legalizing same-sex marriage will be one of the new team’s first actions.
“The measure is part of the official program of the party and according to government sources, the move will be done as soon as [formation of] the government is complete,” writes correspondent João Paulo from PortugalGay.pt
I am very glad to see this happy news. Though Main lost the battle of same-sex marriage recently, there are clear progresses about the understanding of homosexuality in the world. I think that legal marriage have been played a very important role in LGBT people, because many people think that it is one of the goals for equality. Nowadays, anti-gay people would say that being gay is ok, but gay shouldn’t get the same right to live so that it should be personal stuff. Other straight people may say “everything except marriage”.
Then, I ask myself this question. What are they afraid of? Why do people feel the legal same-sex marriage like a large lump? I believe that whenever people get offensive about it or don’t want to face it, there is a fear. A fear toward having a question about one of their given rights. A fear of being minority. A fear toward the ending of old practices.
I personally don’t have any interests in the marriage itself, but I understand that the legal marriage is a symbol of civil right and it means a lot for both straight people and LGBT people. The same-sex marriage is a hard spot, but I want to say that people don’t need to afraid of anything about it. It is not a right to break your life, but just a civil right to live equally.