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Marriage Plans Move Forward in the Netherlands |
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By Rex Wockner
International News Report
Police Raid Dutch Disco
Amsterdam's biggest gay disco, iT, was raided and closed down by
police June 26.
Wearing paramilitary-style uniforms, carrying truncheons and accompanied by dogs, officers searched each of the 400 patrons for drugs, and arrested twelve. Three people remain in custody charged with possession of large amounts of ecstasy and cocaine. "It was too much to be for their own consumption alone," said police spokesman Klaas Wilting. Dutch police commonly overlook possession of drugs in amounts considered enough for personal use only. The raid was the culmination of a weeks-long undercover operation, Wilting said. Marriage Plans Move Forward in the Netherlands
There will be two differences between gay and straight marriage: The female spouse of a woman who gives birth will not be listed on the birth certificate as the "father" (but will be permitted to become the child's parent via adoption), and gay couples will not be allowed to adopt babies from foreign nations, many of which oppose adoption by homosexuals. Although several countries have gay registered-partnership laws that grant nearly every right of marriage, The Netherlands would be the first to let gay people simply get married. |
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