UPDATE: It failed, only got 49.2%
Now Parliament can work on the pending initiative in favor of gay marriage so people can vote on legalizing it in the near future
The Christian Party tried to disguise a tax break referendum (making things equal for married and unmarried couples) but included a definition of marriage in the constitution that would effectively outlaw gay marriage in the country.
It's basically the party/Church vs everyone else because campaigns for a NO vote have gone all out to stop the ban.
Nein (No) is what gays there hoped would win. It got 50.8
A German-speaking contact told me many people there didn't know how to vote I think the Party that submitted the ban probably wanted the confusion to be in their favor, they tried to downplay the ban part and only talked about the tax break
A German-speaking contact told me many people there didn't know how to vote I think the Party that submitted the ban probably wanted the confusion to be in their favor, they tried to downplay the ban part and only talked about the tax break
I mean, it was essentially a loophole. Most of my friends and family didn't even know that they were trying to change something in the constitution.
The party wouldn't even have been able to launch the initiative without wanting to change the marriage definition because their christian religious supporters RUSHED to support that and they wouldn't have cared as much if they hadn't done that.
"The Swiss President Simonetta Sommaruga in charge of the Federal Department of Justice and Police also stated she hoped personally that gay and lesbian couples would soon be allowed to marry."
I mean, it was essentially a loophole. Most of my friends and family didn't even know that they were trying to change something in the constitution.
The party wouldn't even have been able to launch the initiative without wanting to change the marriage definition because their christian religious supporters RUSHED to support that and they wouldn't have cared as much if they hadn't done that.
Hey, Rob, here's a comment I found:
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Even the tax part was largely ********. The thing would have cost two billion dollars and benefited only around 80000 already rich couples (or 2% of the population)
Exactly, it only favored the rich in the first place
Like, the only reason it was ever going to be "close" was because it sounds good. It basically says "Against the marriage penalty", i mean everyone would think this is a good thing in the first impression.
It has also been said by lots of politicians that they think this was a victory for equality and that the discussion about completely and fully allowing same sex marriage is going to be launched in the near future
Hope it stays there!
but they're the less populated ones I think 
I think the Party that submitted the ban probably wanted the confusion to be in their favor, they tried to downplay the ban part and only talked about the tax break 
And the conservative religious party can go back to being irrelevant now thank you 
I'm so happy for them