> “Same-sex marriage will happen at some point and it’s part of our strategy,” Mitsotakis, a center-right politician, said Tuesday in an interview with Bloomberg Television in Athens. “Greek society is much more ready and mature.”
> The Brussels-based non-governmental umbrella organization benchmarks 49 countries on their legal and policy situation for LBGTI people, from 0% to 100%. With a ranking of 57% in the latest report, up five percentage points compared to the previous year, Greece has overtaken countries such as the U.K. and Germany.
> Momentum for change began in Greece in 2021 when Mitsotakis appointed a committee to draft a national strategy for improving LGBTQ rights. He has introduced a number of reforms since then including lifting a ban on homosexual men making blood donations
Odd that a country that literally popularized gay sex still doesn’t recognize same-sex marriage.
Great news!
Great to hear
Did anyone bothered to ask the Church?/s
I never thought I’d see the day.
This made my day
As a Bulgarian, I’ll gladly be moving and contributing to Greece’s GDP.
It’s taken us long enough. Hopefully it becomes law sooner rather than later.
at some time……. Just FYI: with all those righ-wing parties, if Mitsotakis legalizes it, then he will probably lose the next elections and I’m not even sure if he will even make it until then. It seems to me that there will be a lot of demonstrations and riots supported and incited by the church and the right-wind supporters.
The fact that a right wing PM can say this openly is evidence that Greece is changing
Finally we can have a country where values like Patriotism, and progressive social policies don’t have to be contradictions, very happy to see this.
Hopefully it gets passed sooner rather than later, I think he should do it as quickly as possible, politically it would be far better as the issue will fizzle away by the next election once people realize the earth doesn’t implode in flames by giving LGBT people rights, and this issue doesn’t actually impact them in anyway.
If he manages also it will be a defeat for the left which has had a monopoly on social issues like this for years and were seen as champions of these causes, solidifying the new arising progressive character of the party all while managing to keep the conservatives on board would be a huge accomplishment for Mitsotakis.
For all his wrongdoings this is a really positive change that many, including myself, didn’t expect from him. I hope he goes through. Good job.
12 comments
> “Same-sex marriage will happen at some point and it’s part of our strategy,” Mitsotakis, a center-right politician, said Tuesday in an interview with Bloomberg Television in Athens. “Greek society is much more ready and mature.”
> The Brussels-based non-governmental umbrella organization benchmarks 49 countries on their legal and policy situation for LBGTI people, from 0% to 100%. With a ranking of 57% in the latest report, up five percentage points compared to the previous year, Greece has overtaken countries such as the U.K. and Germany.
> Momentum for change began in Greece in 2021 when Mitsotakis appointed a committee to draft a national strategy for improving LGBTQ rights. He has introduced a number of reforms since then including lifting a ban on homosexual men making blood donations
Odd that a country that literally popularized gay sex still doesn’t recognize same-sex marriage.
Great news!
Great to hear
Did anyone bothered to ask the Church?/s
I never thought I’d see the day.
This made my day
As a Bulgarian, I’ll gladly be moving and contributing to Greece’s GDP.
It’s taken us long enough. Hopefully it becomes law sooner rather than later.
at some time……. Just FYI: with all those righ-wing parties, if Mitsotakis legalizes it, then he will probably lose the next elections and I’m not even sure if he will even make it until then. It seems to me that there will be a lot of demonstrations and riots supported and incited by the church and the right-wind supporters.
The fact that a right wing PM can say this openly is evidence that Greece is changing
Finally we can have a country where values like Patriotism, and progressive social policies don’t have to be contradictions, very happy to see this.
Hopefully it gets passed sooner rather than later, I think he should do it as quickly as possible, politically it would be far better as the issue will fizzle away by the next election once people realize the earth doesn’t implode in flames by giving LGBT people rights, and this issue doesn’t actually impact them in anyway.
If he manages also it will be a defeat for the left which has had a monopoly on social issues like this for years and were seen as champions of these causes, solidifying the new arising progressive character of the party all while managing to keep the conservatives on board would be a huge accomplishment for Mitsotakis.
For all his wrongdoings this is a really positive change that many, including myself, didn’t expect from him. I hope he goes through. Good job.