Parliament's vote for equality in marriage and adoption was opposed by the Greek Orthodox Church.

Congrats to everyone affected in Greece!

  • justhach@lemmy.world
    42·
    9 months ago

    Wild that a country that has such a rich history of same-sex relationships would take this long to legalize it.

    • Omega@lemmy.world
      112·
      9 months ago

      As an American, it’s really weird hearing (blanket statement repeated ad nauseum) how liberal Europe is while seeing countries only just now legalizing marriage. And I realize that the U.S. only defends marriage at a federal level because our courts decided it was a constitutional protection.

      • PapaStevesy@midwest.socialEnglish
        11·
        9 months ago

        I believe this particular comment was in reference to ancient Grecian pederasty, not modern day European leftism, but I know what you mean.

      • Lath@kbin.social
        5·
        9 months ago

        It’s a common mistake. The European Union is more liberal because it needs to be to fulfil it’s purpose. The individual countries are more liberal at government level to get that sweet funding. Internally however, we were pretty much conservative until recent years. Then the older generations started to change and only now do the doors start to open. Kind of.
        The current state of affairs isn’t helping much.

      • Buffalox@lemmy.world
        2·
        9 months ago

        IDK how it is in other EU countries, but before we had same sex marriage, we had registered partnerships, with all the same legal rights and benefits as marriage. The only difference was that it wasn’t called a marriage. Now it’s called marriage also for same sex couples, so that last tiny difference is finally gone.
        Does that reflect same sex partnerships in USA? Like visits to hospitals that require marriage was NEVER an issue here. Is that still discriminated against in USA, just to harass a minority?

      • Justin@lemmy.jlh.nameEnglish
        31·
        9 months ago

        Most of Europe is somewhere between liberal and conservative, just like the US.

        The main differences are that in Europe, social democracy is more established than in the US (i.e. Bernie Sanders Democrats actually hold seats here), but also that in the US, the younger generation is much more left than Europe. (i.e. Bernie Sanders would top the under 30 polls in the US, but he would not become prime minister in Sweden, as the coalition in power in sweden right now is actually further right than Biden.)

        • samus12345@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          9 months ago

          the younger generation is much more left than Europe

          That’s interesting, perhaps as a reaction to having so many far-right people in power in the US lately?

          • Justin@lemmy.jlh.nameEnglish
            3·
            9 months ago

            It’s possible, Bush and his consequences had a very strong impact on the psyche of millenials and Gen Z. There are a lot of factors that could lead a generation to sway one way or another on the political scale, and Im not sure what strong theories political scientists have on it.