Just days before Vienna Pride, the National Assembly of Austria has voted down a resolution to give gay and lesbian couples 'the human right of marriage.'
The resolution garnered only 26 votes in support, while 110 members voted against.
From Gay Star News:
On Tuesday, in light of the opening of Vienna’s Pride Village, the Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ), coalition partner to the conservative Austrian People’s Party, demanded equality for all – now their representatives voted against marriage equality.
‘The SPÖ’s deepest conviction are equal marriage rights for homosexual people,’ said party whip Andreas Schieder during a discussion about the resolution.
‘We demand full equality. Right now, such a resolution – even supported by the SPÖ – wouldn’t get a majority.
‘Which is why we will continue to work on convincing conservative forces that these are life realities and discrimination cannot have a place.’
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