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1 year ago @ Equality on Trial - SCOTUS rules in favor ... · 1 reply · +1 points
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Marriage equality is NOT going to happen under the current right wing government. Mitsotakis is an utterly transphobic fraud that tries to present a liberal image abroad but on home turf he is a very right wing, bordering authoritarian, prime minister leading a party that includes a huge influential far right faction that has already expressed its opposition to marriage equality. It's voting base consists of older, conservative, religious people that he does not want to upset and the New Democracy MPs did NOT even vote for civil unions when the previous progressive SYRIZA government brought them. Only 25 % of them voted for civil unions back then and not even MPs from big urban centers dared to be present to vote, let alone MPs from rural areas.
So don't trust ANYTHING he says. He is a mini Orban in the making.
He cannot even rely on the rest of the parliament to pass such a reform. His party holds 158 seats out of 300 and the vast majority won't vote for marriage equality.
The major opposition progressive SYRIZA has already submitted a marriage equality proposal since the last parliamentary session but it is unlikely to be voted upon. The party holds only 47 seats.
The third party, social democratic PASOK would back the change but holds only 32 MPs itself.
The far left communist KKE is socially conservative and would not vote for it.
Then we have 3 far right wing parties :
The neo nazi Spartans (12 seats), supported from jailed Golden Dawn member Ilias Kasidiaris, whose president already went in an interview to state his homophobic views that gay people should not even hold hands or kiss on the street.
The far right populist Greek Solution (12 seats) who is also very homophobic with an MP of the party going on a live tv show showing the image of a gay couple with a child shouting "we don't want that".
The far right theocratic Victory (10 seats) who's president used his first speech in parliament to attack same sex couples and abortion.
And then the ideologically ambigious Course of Victory (8 seats) led by former speaker of Parliament Zoe Konstantontopoulou whose rhetoric borders left wing nationalism and keeps their mouth shut on social issues such as marriage equality.
So there are literally 2 parties likely to support marriage equality that hold together 79 seats out of 300.
Marriage equality is not coming any time soon. Mitsotakis's words are hollow and supposed to showcase a progressive image abroad. Marriage equality would ruin his big tent approach that includes centrists and right wingers who are the base of the party.
2 years ago @ Equality on Trial - 6/22 open thread · 2 replies · +4 points
2 years ago @ Equality on Trial - 6/22 open thread · 6 replies · +5 points
2 years ago @ Equality on Trial - 6/6 open thread · 0 replies · +4 points
2 years ago @ Equality on Trial - 4/25 open thread · 0 replies · +3 points
2 years ago @ Equality on Trial - 1/24 open thread and news · 0 replies · +6 points
3 years ago @ Equality on Trial - Ninth Circuit rules Pr... · 2 replies · +2 points
3 years ago @ Equality on Trial - Open thread and some news · 3 replies · +3 points