Hong Kong Lawmakers Reject Bill on Same-Sex Marriage Rights

[kit_hung]

Hong Kong's Legislative Council has voted against a proposal that would have granted certain legal rights to individuals in same-sex marriages. The bill, which was debated on Wednesday, was blocked by a majority of conservative legislators, many of whom are known for their strong alignment with the central government in Beijing.

The proposed legislation aimed to establish a registration system that would allow same-sex spouses, married abroad, to access specific rights such as hospital visitation and participation in funeral arrangements. The measure did not seek to legalise same-sex marriage within Hong Kong itself, but rather to extend limited recognition to marriages performed overseas.

The decision has been described as a significant setback for the city’s LGBT community. Human rights organisations, including Amnesty International, have expressed strong disappointment at the outcome.

Currently, Hong Kong does not recognise same-sex marriage or civil unions, and legal protections for LGBT individuals remain limited. The government’s attempt to introduce the bill was seen as a modest step towards greater equality, but its rejection highlights ongoing divisions over LGBT rights in the territory.

 

[eLdavis]

Accepting the bill would have ment they are now okay with same sex marriage and the likes. Though i know there are are a lot of them there.

 

[Starmix]

If it's enacted by the law, so it shall be carried. It's also banned in my country people with the same gender to marry. They better be given the chance so the LGBT community will not react harshly. The same sex marriages aren't allowed in Islams and Communist countries. They will be killed.

 

[Stardom22]

In my country the law makers rejected that motion since a couple of years ago. Biblically the marriage is between a man and a wife.

 

[BeeRoyal13]

Hong Kong's Legislative Council has voted against a proposal that would have granted certain legal rights to individuals in same-sex marriages. The bill, which was debated on Wednesday, was blocked by a majority of conservative legislators, many of whom are known for their strong alignment with the central government in Beijing.

The proposed legislation aimed to establish a registration system that would allow same-sex spouses, married abroad, to access specific rights such as hospital visitation and participation in funeral arrangements. The measure did not seek to legalise same-sex marriage within Hong Kong itself, but rather to extend limited recognition to marriages performed overseas.

The decision has been described as a significant setback for the city’s LGBT community. Human rights organisations, including Amnesty International, have expressed strong disappointment at the outcome.

Currently, Hong Kong does not recognise same-sex marriage or civil unions, and legal protections for LGBT individuals remain limited. The government’s attempt to introduce the bill was seen as a modest step towards greater equality, but its rejection highlights ongoing divisions over LGBT rights in the territory.

Different views for LGBT this world is sick,people are dying because of crime and killings not to mention corruption and they are busy trying to recognize same sex marriage who made them God's to judge people and how is same sex affecting them?Don't understand

 

[Starmix]

Even in my country, the law does not allow the same sex marriages. It is against the 85 million Catholics in the Philippines. Those whose ender is not normal, they already know the law.

 

[BeeRoyal13]

But do you think people wake up and choose to marry same sex just for fun of if,other countries don't support same sex couples its a discussions that has no end until the world perishes.

 

[Fidelia]

There are still some countries that their culture forbids same sex marriage no matter how they want to preach cultural advancement. And that culture should be respected by other countries.