奥地利宪法法院裁定同婚合法
连欧洲古老的帝国之一 — 奥国都超前台湾了，台湾还在削劳工血肉。
自由时报即时新闻／综合报导〕奥地利宪法法院今（5）日宣布，同性婚姻合法，让奥地利加入数十个欧洲国家的行列，赋予男女同性恋伴侣更完整权益。
综合外媒报导，奥地利宪法法院裁定，自2019年初允许同性伴侣合法结婚，并指现行法律具歧视性，必须尽速修改。
奥地利自2010年起承认同性民事伴侣关系，但一直未允许同性伴侣结婚。2名女同志伴侣被维也纳政府拒绝准许正式结婚后，上诉到宪法法院。
奥地利宪法法院周二公布的裁决指出，“2017年12月4日，宪法法院宣布阻止这类伴侣结婚的法律无效”；若政府未尽速修改法律，同性婚姻的限制将在2018年底解除。
Austria court legalises same-sex marriage from start of 2019, ruling all existing laws discriminatory
Harriet Agerholm, Agencies
Tuesday 5 December 2017 10:45 GMT
Austria's Constitutional Court has decided that same-sex couples will be allowed to marry by the beginning of 2019, ruling that the existing laws are discriminatory.
The move brings Austria into line with many other European nations including Germany, France, Britain and Spain.
Same-sex couples in Austria have been allowed to enter legal partnerships since 2010, but until now have not been able to marry.
The Constitutional Court examined a 2009 law following a complaint from two women who were refused permission to enter a formal marriage by authorities in Vienna.
It said in a ruling published on Tuesday that restrictions on same-sex marriage will be lifted at the end of 2018 unless the government does so itself earlier.
The Constitutional Court said that civil partnerships will remain an option after the law is changed, and will then be open to straight couples.
In a statement, Austria's Constitutional Court said "the distinction between marriage and civil partnership can no longer be maintained today without discriminating against same-sex couples," adding that keeping the two institutions separate suggests that "people with same-sex sexual orientation are not equal to people with heterosexual orientation".
Gay marriage has been legalised in many countries in western Europe, most recently in Germany, where there was stiff opposition to the change for several years.
Almost a dozen other European countries have some sort of same-sex unions or civil partnerships, according to the Pew Research Centre.
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The conservative People's Party and the far-right Freedom Party, which are in negotiations for a government coalition and both oppose same-sex marriage, could not immediately be reached for comment.
The Homosexual Initiative Vienna (HOSI) welcomed the decision. "We are very happy," said HOSI chairman Christian Hoegl. "We want to use the opportunity for a renewed call for a fundamental reform of marriage."
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