Part of it comes down to that Finland in several ways is more socially conservative than the other Nordic countries (there are lots of differences between us that are not readily apparent to outsiders).
Another thing to consider is the differences in the legal system between the USA and Finland. Now, I'm far from an expert in the Finnish approach to laws and law-making, but it's a lot closer to Sweden's approach than to the US one. When the Finns pull the trigger in 2017, I imagine they will have made sure that (hopefully) all their other laws has been updated to include same-sex marriages, and the issue will have been settled for good.
Quite unlike the back-and-forth in the USA, where one never can be sure from one day to the next if one's marriage will be considered valid, or if there happen to be circumstances where it's suddenly invalid, or if it will be valid in the next state over.
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Date: 2015-02-22 09:15 am (UTC)Another thing to consider is the differences in the legal system between the USA and Finland. Now, I'm far from an expert in the Finnish approach to laws and law-making, but it's a lot closer to Sweden's approach than to the US one. When the Finns pull the trigger in 2017, I imagine they will have made sure that (hopefully) all their other laws has been updated to include same-sex marriages, and the issue will have been settled for good.
Quite unlike the back-and-forth in the USA, where one never can be sure from one day to the next if one's marriage will be considered valid, or if there happen to be circumstances where it's suddenly invalid, or if it will be valid in the next state over.