NORWAY EXPANDS RIGHTS OF SAME-SEX COUPLES TO MARRY AND ADOPT
Norway's parliament approved legislation on June 17 granting gay and lesbian couples the right to marriage and parental rights. The new law, which takes effect Jan. 1, 2009, amends the definition of a civil marriage by making it gender neutral. It replaces a 1993 law that gave same-sex couples the right to enter civil unions but did not permit church weddings or adoption. Under the new rules, gay and lesbian couples may adopt jointly and lesbians can undergo in vitro fertilization treatments. The new measure makes Norway the sixth country in the world to give same-sex couples the legal right to marry. To read an Associated Press article on the new law, go to: http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iYBK0SGuInQp14nxj5_X4LEi5JXgD91BU7G01

Thanks for this information Luis ! Only six countries in the world that permit the marriage for lesbians and gays ! Change takes time...

Bye,

Sabine