Comments on: Will Argentina Approve Same-Sex Marriage?

By: TerenceWeldon

TerenceWeldon — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 07:41:34 +0000

“We only win when people begin to think.” Agreed. Another result of the publicity is that even in the churches, people are beginning to rethink long standing opposition. As they do so, they are finding that modern scholars now reject the traditional interpretations of the clobber texts. (See “Countering the Clobber Texts” at “Queering the Church”

The churches that have formalized this thinking and listening process, like the ECLA, Episcopalians and Swedish Lutherans, have moved the furthest – but all the churches are rethinking to some degree.

As the churches begin to show disagreement among themselves, their arguments against us become less effective.

By: tavdy79

tavdy79 — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:21:23 +0000

According to the Momento 24 article, support for marriage equality in Argentina is over 70%, amongst the highest of any country on the planet; this is higher even than all but a few western European states, typically the world leaders in LGBT rights issues, where support is mostly around 50% to 70% (CZ, DE, FR, DK, UK, ES, LX, BE, others) and is way ahead of MA, the most enlightened US state, where support is about 56%. With support for marriage equality so high, a move like this was becoming increasingly inevitable. Momentum is building up fast throughout the West though, especially in Europe. I expect to see a rapid game of dominoes amongst the smaller European states over the next decade or so.

By: Burr

Burr — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:02:33 +0000

As someone of Argentine descent with plenty of family still there, I really hope so! It wouldn’t surprise me. All of my extended family are supportive of me for one.

But there’s still a fair bit of social conservatism going around. Birth control and such is still a hot button issue.