Talk:Same-sex marriage in Belgium
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 |
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Law, an attempt at providing a comprehensive, standardised, pan-jurisdictional and up-to-date resource for the legal field and the subjects encompassed by it. | |
| ??? | This article has not yet received a quality rating on the assessment scale. | |
| ??? | This article has not yet received an importance assessment on the assessment scale. | |
 |
This article is within the scope of WikiProject LGBT studies, which tries to ensure comprehensive and factual coverage of all LGBT related issues on Wikipedia. For more information, or to get involved, visit the project page. |
| Stub | This article has been rated as Stub-class on the quality scale. |
 |
This page relates to the WikiProject Belgium, a project to create and improve Belgium-related Wikipedia articles. If you would like to participate, you can join the project, and help with our open tasks. |
|
|
Was gay marriage legalized by a bill or court ruling?
- By Bill --Walter 22:54, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)
[edit] 30 January 2003?
Is the date given in this article for the legalisation of same-sex marriage in Belgium, namely January 30, 2003, correct? The article on gay marriage on the Dutch wikipedia says that it was legalised by the law of February 13, 2003 and that same-sex marriages are possible since June 1, 2003.--Ganchelkas 18:01, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
- I found why the article gives 30 January 2003 as the date of legalisation. That is the date on which the bill was adopted by the Chamber of Representatives and sent to the King.--Ganchelkas 10:58, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Merger with Civil unions in Belgium
It is proposed to merge the articles on Same-sex marriage in Belgium and Civil unions in Belgium into a new (to be created) article called Same-sex marriage and civil unions in Belgium. In order not to prejudge the result of the discussion I haven't created this article yet. Other suggestions for the name of the destination article are welcome.
This is part of a general proposed merger of the "Same-sex marriage in..." with the "Civil unions in..." series. Any general points can be discussed in Wikipedia talk:WikiProject LGBT studies#"Same-sex marriage in ..." v. "Civil unions in the ...".
In essence these articles deal with the same subject matter and unified articles could deal more comprehensively with the topic and avoid unnecessary repetition. Caveat lector 17:54, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
- I'm inclined to agree, especially as neither article contains much details and information. The subject matter isn't entirely the same (heterosexual couples can also apply for statutory cohabition, in fact you don't even have to be a couple), but I think it would be better to have one good article rather than two short articles.--Ganchelkas 10:27, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
- Oppose merger. If cohabitation applies to heterosexual couples also, having a redirect from a general page about cohabitation to a page that mainly deals with LGBT issues is misleading to readers. 140.247.243.169 22:19, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
Current number of same-sex marriages and partnerships in Belgium - http://statbel.fgov.be/figures/d22_fr.asp#3 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.12.171.218 (talk) 21:50, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
