A European Union law that was scheduled to take effect on 3rd May 2006 could force member states to recognise the so-called gay marriages.
International media are interpreting this measure to be aimed at Malta, Italy and Poland, who adamantly reject homosexual marriage.
Larry Jacobs of the World Congress of Families commented on usnewswire.com that this measure orders members to "facilitate" homosexual partners who have "married" in their home countries and wish to travel to or live in another EU nation. This includes those Member States which have rejected calls for such unions.
Only the Netherlands, Spain and Brussels currently have homosexual marriage, though Britain, Germany and a number of other states have a form of civil recognition for such arrangements.
World Congress of Families founder Allan Carlson noted that under the new EU law, a same-sex couple "married" in Amsterdam could relocate to Warsaw and force the Polish government to recognize their union, usnewswire.com reported. Carslon added that "This is an attempt to force sexual utopianism on EU states that adhere to traditional values. With every European state posting negative birth rates, you'd think that EU bureaucrats would be encouraging fecundity, instead of promoting such sterile unions."
usnewswire.com further said that Rocco Buttiglione, a member of Italy's recent Berlusconi government, charged the EU is advancing a leftist "soft totalitarianism" that seeks "a state religion. It is an atheist, nihilistic religion - but it is a religion that is obligatory for all."
Source: www.usnewswire.com
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