Society: Swiss people clearly in favor of marriage for everyone in referendum

Society: Swiss people clearly in favor of marriage for everyone in referendum

Critics had still tried to use the supposed welfare of the children to create a mood against marriage for everyone. But the Swiss have decided differently.

As one of the worst performers in Western Europe, Switzerland now also allows marriage for everyone. The advance of critics who wanted to prevent this failed in a referendum on Sunday.

According to an initial projection by the survey institute gfs.bern half an hour after the polling stations closed, 64 percent voted for marriage for all. With an error margin of three percent, it was clear that the result could no longer change significantly. The government has yet to determine when the change in the law will come into force.

The opponents had tried in vain to create a mood with photos of crying children. It’s not just about the couples, but also about the well-being of the children. They claimed, without any scientific basis, that children in so-called rainbow families had a hard time. They are particularly against the grain that these couples are now allowed to adopt children and lesbian women have access to sperm donation.

There was also a vote on an initiative of the Young Socialists who want to ask the richest in the country to pay more for capital taxation. Two-thirds of the electorate rejected this.

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