#tahdon #finland #happyfaces #sadfaces #finnish #parliament #samesexmarriage pic.twitter.com/V4ENY1mQOj
— Joni Nikulainen (@nikulainen) November 28, 2014
The Finnish Parliament has approved a bill allowing same-sex marriage. The vote was 105 to 92, with one MP absent…The unprecedented outcome marks the first time that a citizens’ initiative has received lawmakers’ blessing to be written into the law books. It also allows Finland to finally catch up with its Nordic peers, all of which have already legalised gay marriage.
The result was a sweet triumph for the thousands of supporters of marriage equality who gathered around the Parliament this afternoon. Many of them waved rainbow-coloured flags and banners. Shouts of “I do!” – the battle cry of the movement – echoed through the streets. Opponents of the measure also turned out for the session, but found themselves vastly outnumbered.
Finnish Parliament approves same-sex marriage (Uutiset)
Pic: Anniamttila
Great stuff even if it is a bit late. I look forward to Ireland coming out of the dark ages too…
Let’s not overshadow the achievement by concentration on how long the struggle took, but instead that the struggle is now finally finnished.
So let’s not learn any lessons from anything at all then? Fair enough, as you were.
read my post again, read every letter
Yay!
ABM in meltdown.
Note that Finland have more diverse parliament than Ireland, even though they are less diverse
Eww…
Aside from the fact that you can’t even locate Finland on the map, you’ll be engaging in a little bit of doubtless hypocrisy later. Sparing your cat I hope. Enjoy the isolation, you lonely wretch.