Talk:Same-sex marriage in Portugal

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It should be noted that there is no same-sex marriage ban in Portugal, and therefore no law to be challenged. Also, as a civil law country, laws cannot be challenged and overthrown in courts. Galf 08:51, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

A law which says on a man and a woman can marry is essentially a ban on two men marring each other. I don't know about Portugal but not all civil law countries lack constitutional judicial review (nor do all common law countries have constitutional judicial review). Both Germany and Italy have constitutional courts which can strike down statutes. Caveat lector 00:13, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

There is in fact article 1577 of the Civil Code that states that "marriage" is only valid between two persons of the oposite sex. So the ban is not only in Portugal but also for marriages celebrated abroad that are void in legal terms in Portugal. Portugalgay.pt 09:24, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

 ARTIGO 1577º
 (Noção de casamento)
 Casamento é o contrato celebrado entre duas pessoas de sexo 
 diferente que pretendem constituir família mediante uma plena 
 comunhão de vida, nos termos das disposições deste Código.
 (Redacção do Dec.-Lei 496/77, de 25-11)

[edit] Proposed merger

It is proposed to merge the articles on Same-sex marriage in Portugal and Civil unions in Portugal into a new (to be created) article called Recognition of gay unions in Portugal. 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 00:15, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

I don't agree with this proposal. Civil unions in Portugal are very different from Civil Marriage and the discussions between both have been very different in the Portuguese society. Portugalgay.pt 09:16, 10 October 2007 (UTC)