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'Marriage for all' opponents hand in signatures for referendum


‘Marriage for all’ opponents hand in signatures for referendum
Opponents, and supporters, of the “marriage for all” project in Bern on Monday. Keystone / Peter Klaunzer
Swiss voters look set to have the last word on a historic same-sex marriage law after opponents on Monday handed in signatures demanding a national referendum.
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Around 59,000 verified signatures were handed in by a committee in Bern, two days after the collection deadline ran out to challenge the “marriage for all” law approved in parliament last December.
Under the Swiss system of direct democracy, a law passed by parliament can be brought to national referendum if 50,000 signatures are collected within a window of 100 days. ....

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Senate hearing showcases deep partisan divide over LGBTQ legislation


WASHINGTON — An extraordinarily large number of members of Congress wanted to testify at the first Senate hearing for a civil rights bill that would give LGBTQ people explicit legal protections from discrimination, and their messages set out the personal nature of the partisan split that will mean a tough path to becoming law.
Wisconsin Democrat Sen. Tammy Baldwin, the first openly lesbian member of Congress, told the Senate Judiciary Committee that discrimination remains a daily reality for that community in employment, housing, public accommodations and education.
Baldwin said passing the bill, known as the Equality Act, would expand a decades-old anti-discrimination law to cover more people in the majority of states where there aren’t protections, not diminish the rights of others. ....

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