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Germany Celebrates First Gay Marriages
The Local ^ | 1 October 2017

Posted on 10/01/2017 7:55:26 PM PDT by nickcarraway

Germany celebrates its first gay marriages on Sunday as same-sex unions become legal after decades of struggle, but campaigners say the battle for equal rights isn't over yet.

Wedding bells will ring out in Berlin, Hamburg, Hanover and other German cities where local authorities will exceptionally open their doors on a Sunday to allow gay couple to say "I do" on the day the law comes into effect.

Bodo Mende, 60, and his partner Karl Kreile, 59, who have been together since 1979, will be the first to tie the knot in the German capital.

"It will be an emotional but also very symbolic moment," Kreile told reporters on Friday. "This shows that the state now considers us the same as other couples."

(Excerpt) Read more at thelocal.de ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Germany; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: gaymarriage; germany; homosexualagenda; lgbt; marriage; samesexmarriage

1 posted on 10/01/2017 7:55:26 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

And of course they chose Sunday to piss off Christians.


2 posted on 10/01/2017 8:15:23 PM PDT by txnativegop (The political left, Mankinds intellectual hemlock)
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3 posted on 10/01/2017 8:17:21 PM PDT by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper.)
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4 posted on 10/01/2017 8:18:00 PM PDT by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper.)
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To: nickcarraway

Gay marriage is a nonsensical concept. It doesn’t exist except in the mins of insane people outside of reality.


5 posted on 10/01/2017 8:18:34 PM PDT by Skywise
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To: nickcarraway

I remember when all marriages were gay..........and then the faggots appropriated the word.


6 posted on 10/01/2017 8:24:46 PM PDT by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: nickcarraway

Springtime for Merkel and Germany
Deutschland is Happy and Gay


7 posted on 10/01/2017 9:10:11 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: nickcarraway

No one’s celebrating

The populace was not part of the decision to do this


8 posted on 10/01/2017 9:19:05 PM PDT by Regulator
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To: nickcarraway

Not surprising. They are so blinded that eventually the gays will be so persecuted and rapidly eliminated that the NAZIs would have seem humane.


9 posted on 10/01/2017 9:45:38 PM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: nickcarraway

Fake “marriage” is now something to celebrate in Germany. That’s sad.


10 posted on 10/02/2017 2:37:30 AM PDT by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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“...but campaigners say the battle for equal rights isn’t over yet.”

Code for using “marriage” as the staging area for the next, more powerful attacks.


11 posted on 10/02/2017 6:29:46 AM PDT by fwdude
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Yes, well wait until Muslim immigrants become a sizeable voting bloc in Germany and then see what happens.


12 posted on 10/03/2017 7:27:25 PM PDT by Lysandru
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