The Government of Switzerland allows from this Friday that people of the same sex will be able to start marry and adopt children in the countryas announced in November, after same-sex marriage was approved in a referendum held in September 2021.
"Beginning July 1, 2022, same-sex couples will be able to marry or convert their registered partnership to a marriage"communicated in November the Executive in a statement.
In the vote of last September 26, "the clear majority of voters accepted" the same-sex marriage proposal, after which Parliament decided to launch the project in two phases. The first of these was launched on January 1, 2002, when a single provision on the separation of assets came into force, referring to the "balance of people of the same sex who have married abroad".
The law required that the initiative take effect six months later, which means that as of this Friday the is allowed equality marriagealthough those who have wanted to get married before have been able to request it in advance.
In addition to being able to marry, married same-sex couples can also jointly adopt children and, in the case of single women or lesbian couples, have access to assisted reproductive techniques. If one of the partners is a foreigner, you can benefit from a shorter and less expensive naturalization procedure.
The referendum was approved in September by 64 percent of the vote. Opponents of this measure are the ultra-nationalist party, known as the Swiss People’s Party or Center Democratic Union (SVP, for its acronym in German) and some religious groups, among others.