Homosexual couples bring forward their wedding plans

The 20^th of November is the date of the general elections in Spain. This has become a big worry for gay couples. Six years ago the Socialist government granted their right to get married. Now, their fear is that the conservative Partido Popular, who are against same sex marriage, may win the elections.

The village of Jun, in the province of Granada, became an unusual Las Vegas. Last month couples have been turning up to get married urgently by the local mayor, José Antonio Rodríguez, and those who couldn’t make it in person got married via internet.

The mayor reported that PP-run town halls are delaying marriage applications, he said “Procedures that only need two weeks are taking months”.

Las month, the mayor offered his services via Twitter. “If you know a gay couple who want to get married before 20-N and have problems with their town hall, in Jun I’ll marry them without delay”. He received 56 applications just two weeks after, a huge difference in comparison to 2010, when the municipality only saw 11 same sex weddings.

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-I chose this article because I think everyone should have a right to get married, no matter what sexual orientation they have. Marriage is a human right not a heterosexual privilege. They are people, humans, they live, suffer, cry, love, smile, just like any other human being. It’s crazy to hear that in the 21^st century, people still think it’s not right to love someone of the same sex. Who gives anyone the right to get involved in people’s private lives? They don’t harm anyone by getting married, and it’s not like if they are going to stop loving each other and being together because of a law.
I’m heterosexual, but I have many homosexual friends. Does this mean I have more rights than my friends? What’s the difference? Where are the rights? Where are their rights?

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