Switzerland to hold a referendum on same-sex marriage

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Source: Euronews with Agence France-Presse

Switzerland to hold a referendum on same-sex marriage

By Euronews with AFP • Updated: 28/04/2021 - 15:45

Switzerland will hold a referendum on whether to push ahead with same-sex marriage.

MPs adopted a bill recognising same-sex marriage in December, several years after many other Western European countries.

But opponents of the law have gathered the necessary signatures to call for a referendum, the authorities said on Tuesday.

Switzerland's largest party, the populist SVP, had warned that they would launch a referendum bid against December's law.

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Read more: https://www.euronews.com/2021/04/27/switzerland-to-hold-a-referendum-on-same-sex-marriage

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1. SVP, the scum who brought you

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2. Meanwhile in Poland ...

Poland rejects inclusion of third gender in new EU identity cards

The Polish government will not include the possibility of a third gender – separate from male and female – when it implements new harmonised European Union identity cards. It says it does not want to be part of an “ideological revolution”, but some lawyers believe this could breach EU law and an opposition MP has promised legal action.

A regulation that comes into force on 1 August this year will replace and harmonise the various identity cards that currently exist in countries across the EU and European Economic Area (EEA).

The regulation states that countries “should be able to decide whether to include a person’s gender” on the document. However, if they do so, the letters “‘F’, ‘M’ or ‘X’ or the corresponding single initial used in the language or languages of that Member State should be used, as appropriate”.

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