Melech 9,900 Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 Austria’s highest court has lifted a ban on same s-x couples adopting children, the court’s president Gerhart Holzinger announced on Wednesday. Holzinger said that the court found that there was “no justification for difference in treatment because of s-xual orientationâ€. Since 2013 gay couples in Austria have been entitled to step-child adoption - meaning that one partner can adopt the biological child of the other. The law was changed after a lesbian couple who wanted to jointly raise one partner's child won their case at the European Court for Human Rights, which ruled that Austria's adoption laws discriminated against gay people. Helmut Graupner, from the Lambda legal committee which offers free legal counselling in all areas of the law related to lesbian, gay, bis-xual and transgender life, said he was “over the moon†about the lifting of the ban. The lawyers for the women on whose case the decision was based called the decision “a complete successâ€, and called on Austria’s government to recognise same-s-x marriage. Same-s-x couples may form a “registered partnership†in Austria, but do not have access to the same government marital benefits as heteros-xual couples do. Some EU countries such as Britain, the Netherlands and France allow same-s-x marriage with full adoption rights. But in others such as Portugal, Germany and Hungary varying restrictions remain. http://www.thelocal.at/20150114/austria-lifts-ban-on-same-s-x-adoption I think it's the first central european country to allow same-s-x adoption Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guille 1,825 Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 Slay :legend: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeonOkan 2 Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 I'm living in Austria Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
littleFandor 204 Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 I live in Austria as well, and i'm really happy about it. The right for an adopation is for me way more important than equal marriage rights (which might come soon here as well) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiltedbliss 915 Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 YESS Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugarfall 3,723 Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 That's great! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SychosSoChic 9,995 Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 Life ain't Hollywood for any one of us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
What 4 Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 The title suggests they have banned gay adoption Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goosey 3,017 Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 "I am the world's greatest person that does not want to let people into the country."—US President Donald J. Trump Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zsolti 2,688 Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 The title suggests they have banned gay adoption not really declares the BAN of gay adoption illegal to ban gay adoption = illegal idk Please correct me if I make any grammar mistakes, I want to master English as much as possible. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
What 4 Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 not really declares the BAN of gay adoption illegal to ban gay adoption = illegal idk "Austria declares ban on gay adoption illegal" theres no of. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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