奧地利憲法法院裁定同婚合法
連歐洲古老的帝國之一 — 奧國都超前台灣了，台灣還在削勞工血肉。
自由時報即時新聞／綜合報導〕奧地利憲法法院今（5）日宣布，同性婚姻合法，讓奧地利加入數十個歐洲國家的行列，賦予男女同性戀伴侶更完整權益。
綜合外媒報導，奧地利憲法法院裁定，自2019年初允許同性伴侶合法結婚，並指現行法律具歧視性，必須盡速修改。
奧地利自2010年起承認同性民事伴侶關係，但一直未允許同性伴侶結婚。2名女同志伴侶被維也納政府拒絕准許正式結婚後，上訴到憲法法院。
奧地利憲法法院週二公布的裁決指出，「2017年12月4日，憲法法院宣布阻止這類伴侶結婚的法律無效」；若政府未盡速修改法律，同性婚姻的限制將在2018年底解除。
Austria court legalises same-sex marriage from start of 2019, ruling all existing laws discriminatory
Harriet Agerholm, Agencies
Tuesday 5 December 2017 10:45 GMT
Austria's Constitutional Court has decided that same-sex couples will be allowed to marry by the beginning of 2019, ruling that the existing laws are discriminatory.
The move brings Austria into line with many other European nations including Germany, France, Britain and Spain.
Same-sex couples in Austria have been allowed to enter legal partnerships since 2010, but until now have not been able to marry.
The Constitutional Court examined a 2009 law following a complaint from two women who were refused permission to enter a formal marriage by authorities in Vienna.
It said in a ruling published on Tuesday that restrictions on same-sex marriage will be lifted at the end of 2018 unless the government does so itself earlier.
The Constitutional Court said that civil partnerships will remain an option after the law is changed, and will then be open to straight couples.
In a statement, Austria's Constitutional Court said "the distinction between marriage and civil partnership can no longer be maintained today without discriminating against same-sex couples," adding that keeping the two institutions separate suggests that "people with same-sex sexual orientation are not equal to people with heterosexual orientation".
Gay marriage has been legalised in many countries in western Europe, most recently in Germany, where there was stiff opposition to the change for several years.
Almost a dozen other European countries have some sort of same-sex unions or civil partnerships, according to the Pew Research Centre.
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The conservative People's Party and the far-right Freedom Party, which are in negotiations for a government coalition and both oppose same-sex marriage, could not immediately be reached for comment.
The Homosexual Initiative Vienna (HOSI) welcomed the decision. "We are very happy," said HOSI chairman Christian Hoegl. "We want to use the opportunity for a renewed call for a fundamental reform of marriage."
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