Tomas Raskevicius is confident that civil partnerships could become law, but that same-sex marriage could take a decade.
Tomas Raskevicius, the only openly LGBTQ+ lawmaker in Lithuania, has said he’s confident that the country will legalise same-sex civil unions in its current term, but warned that legalising same-sex marriage could still take a decade.
Lithuania currently doesn’t legally recognise same-sex relationships, voting against a resolution as recently as 2018, but last year ruled that same-sex spouses of foreign diplomats needed to be granted residence permits.
Speaking to the Thomson Reuters Foundation, Raskevicius said that his party planned to submit a bill for same-sex civil unions during March.
He acknowledged that members of the Homeland Union Party, who hold a majority in the Lithuanian parliament, will reject the bill and added: “We’re going to look for some additional votes from the opposition, but I think we should be fine.”
Raskevicius, who is a member of the newly formed Freedom Party, isn’t Lithuania’s first LGBTQ+ lawmaker, although he was the first to announce his sexuality before getting elected, and he was certainly the first to adopt a fierce drag persona while on the campaign trail.
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Drag Race Lithuania when?
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Out lawmaker says Lithuania could legalise same-sex civil unions next year
Tomas Raskevicius is confident that civil partnerships could become law, but that same-sex marriage could take a decade.
Tomas Raskevicius, the only openly LGBTQ+ lawmaker in Lithuania, has said he’s confident that the country will legalise same-sex civil unions in its current term, but warned that legalising same-sex marriage could still take a decade.
Lithuania currently doesn’t legally recognise same-sex relationships, voting against a resolution as recently as 2018, but last year ruled that same-sex spouses of foreign diplomats needed to be granted residence permits.
Speaking to the Thomson Reuters Foundation, Raskevicius said that his party planned to submit a bill for same-sex civil unions during March.
He acknowledged that members of the Homeland Union Party, who hold a majority in the Lithuanian parliament, will reject the bill and added: “We’re going to look for some additional votes from the opposition, but I think we should be fine.”
Raskevicius, who is a member of the newly formed Freedom Party, isn’t Lithuania’s first LGBTQ+ lawmaker, although he was the first to announce his sexuality before getting elected, and he was certainly the first to adopt a fierce drag persona while on the campaign trail.
View this post on Instagram
Drag Race Lithuania when?
The post Out lawmaker says Lithuania could legalise same-sex civil unions next year appeared first on GAY TIMES.
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