Chancellor Angela Merkel's biggest rivals in the upcoming national election in September are set to put pressure on her conservative party to pass same-sex marriage ahead of the vote. “In the future, marriage should be possible as well for same-sex couples,” the SPD promised in their proposal. But they do not have full marriage rights, such as being able to adopt children together. “Same-sex couples are not discriminated against because they already can enter into civil partnerships. Other countries don’t have that.”Merkel herself has expressed her opposition to full gay marriage rights time and again, reiterating these views in an interview with YouTube star Lefloid in 2015.

Source: The Local March 28, 2017 14:26 UTC