Registered Partnership In Switzerland
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Switzerland recognizes same-sex registered partnerships. In a nationwide referendum on June 5, 2005, the Swiss people approved by 58% a registered partnership law, granting same-sex couples the same rights and protections as opposite-sex couples, except:
- adoption of children
- fertility treatments
- taking the same surname
- facilitated Swiss naturalisation of the foreign partner to a Swiss citizen partner after 6 years of partnership abroad, unlike with a conventional marriage.
However, in terms of next of kin status, taxation, social security, insurance, and shared possession of a dwelling, same-sex couples are granted the same rights as married couples. The official title of the same-sex union is "Eingetragene Partnerschaft" in German, "Partenariat enregistré" in French, and "Associazione registrata" in Italian, meaning "registered partnership". "partenadi registrà" in rumantch grischun. The bill was passed by the National Council, 111 to 72, on December 3, 2003 and by the Council of States on June 3, 2004, with minor changes. The National Council approved it again on June 10, but the conservative Federal Democratic Union collected signatures to force a referendum. Subsequently the Swiss people voted on the 5. June 2005 with 58% in favor of the bill. The law came into effect on January 1, 2007.
Same-sex marriages formed outside Switzerland will be recognised as registered partnerships within Switzerland. Switzerland was the first nation to pass a same-sex union law by referendum.
Read more about Registered Partnership In Switzerland: Canton Laws, Same-sex Marriage
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