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[theweaselking]

Finland, to be dragged kicking and screaming into The Century
Of The Fruitbat, sometime in 2017, which means they'll probably lag behind Mississippi and Vermont.

Better than nothing, but, seriously, UTAH beats you to basic bare-minimum humanity? That's really sad.

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[skiriki.livejournal.com]

Yes, yes it is. :(

There is a small ray of sunshine, though: this was the first "citizens' initiative" to pass. By a massive avalanche of VERIFIED signatories. (Thru stroke of luck, I was in first three thousand to sign it after an hour it went up in 'net.)

Now, the lulzy part: bigoted people set up their own campaign after the Parliament had voted twice for aye, calling for its repeal. While there are 13k names too many for comfort (the idea that this many people support bigotry is upsetting to me)... there is no way they will get prerequisite 50k signatures for it before deadline. And their piddly campaign is getting scorned, loudly.

So... we will get shiny, improved, more equal law, and we can point and laugh at bigots. Bonus! (And yes, this law theoretically affects me, should I suddenly end up single and looking for a partner, so I am glad that the weak civil union law is getting scrapped.)

[pappy-legba.livejournal.com]

And you get two more years of increasingly hysterical idiocy from that pocket of bigots as they try to turn back the law before it takes effect in 2017. Their voices will grow louder and shriller as their numbers shrink.

[zenicurean.livejournal.com]

I notice there's also at least two citizens' initiatives to retroactively put it to a public referendum. One has five hundred and the other nine hundred signatures.