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Sep 18, 2010 01:05

Aw, the Vice Chancellor has married his boyfriend :)

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politics, germany

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sashimi_salad September 18 2010, 01:05:09 UTC

Wow! Really?I didn't know same-sex couples could get married in Germany.

peki September 18 2010, 08:03:10 UTC

Well, it's not officially called 'marriage' rather than 'partnership' because of some legal definition problem, but it's largely the same thing :)

sashimi_salad September 18 2010, 11:00:48 UTC

OIC. Well, it cements the relationship, so essentially it's marriage in all sense except the word, eh? Great!

steinsgrrl September 18 2010, 01:40:45 UTC

Aw, now that IS lovely! You live in such a progressive place. I think you once asked me why I want to live in Germany? This is part of the reason. <3

peki September 18 2010, 08:09:41 UTC

I really enjoyed seeing people interviewed on the news about this yesterday. The reporter did try to put an emphasis on the novelty of this being a gay vice chancellor getting married, but people were more like "Congratulations, hope they're happy *shrug*" like it wasn't a big deal at all, and I think that's how it should be. If it was a straight politician getting married, we'd get TV coverage and then people would shrug and move on too. I like that it's the same here :)