South Africa Will Legalize Gay Marriage

[paul]

Reports indicate that South Africa will pass this legislation. This from the NY Times. Would link y'all to it but it might be a pain if you're not registered there.

Vytjie Mentor, the party's caucus chairman, told the South African newspaper The Sunday Independent earlier this month that he expected legislators belonging to the African National Congress to vote for the measure, regardless of their personal views.

There is "no such thing as a free vote or a vote of conscience," he said. "How do you give someone permission to discriminate in the name of the A.N.C.? How do you allow for someone to vote against the constitution and the policies of the A.N.C., which is antidiscrimination?"

[paul]

Oh, here's a CNN link.

South Africa bill would legalize*same-sex marriage - CNN.com

[eddie]

Hey Paul:

Is this the first African nation that could probably pass such laws? I thought gay marriage was only accepted in Europe.

[paul]

Yes, South Africa is the first and hopefully precedent setting country on the continent to recognize this civil right.