© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Posters are pictured earlier than a vote on identical intercourse marriage in Geneva, Switzerland, September 23, 2021. Poster reads : “Love without privilege, yes to marriage for all”. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
ZURICH (Reuters) – Voters in Switzerland, one of many final Western European international locations that also bans homosexual marriage, will determine in a referendum on Sunday whether or not to permit same-sex {couples} to get married and undertake kids.
The federal authorities and parliament have already permitted the amended regulation, however opponents led by the right-wing Swiss People’s Party (SVP) pressured a referendum on the problem underneath Switzerland’s system of direct democracy.
According to the most recent opinion ballot, supporters of same-sex marriage had been in the lead, with 63% of respondents saying they had been in favour, however the “no” marketing campaign has gathered steam over the past weeks.
First indications from the vote are anticipated at round 1030 GMT and the ultimate result’s due later in the day.
The amended regulation will make it doable for same-sex {couples} to get married, and to undertake kids unrelated to them. Married lesbian {couples} would even be allowed to have kids by sperm donation, at present authorized just for married heterosexual {couples}.
It will even make it simpler for international spouses of a Swiss particular person to get citizenship.
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