Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Однополые браки в Дании" in Russian language version.
A 2004 poll revealed that less than 40 percent of the clergy in the Church of Denmark supported same-sex marriage – a more than 30 percentage point difference from the general population. Moreover, bills to legalise same-sex marriage were voted down by parliament several times.
The government plans to introduce a bill just after the New Year that will allow same-sex couples to hold weddings in the Church of Denmark and be 'married' under Danish law. Same-sex couples are currently allowed to have 'registered partnerships', a civil status, but are barred from marriage and church weddings. "The first same-sex weddings will hopefully become reality in Spring 2012. I look forward to the moment the first homosexual couple steps out of the church. I'll be standing out there throwing rice," the new church minister, Manu Sareen, a Social Liberal, told Jyllands-Posten newspaper.
A 2004 poll revealed that less than 40 percent of the clergy in the Church of Denmark supported same-sex marriage – a more than 30 percentage point difference from the general population. Moreover, bills to legalise same-sex marriage were voted down by parliament several times.
The government plans to introduce a bill just after the New Year that will allow same-sex couples to hold weddings in the Church of Denmark and be 'married' under Danish law. Same-sex couples are currently allowed to have 'registered partnerships', a civil status, but are barred from marriage and church weddings. "The first same-sex weddings will hopefully become reality in Spring 2012. I look forward to the moment the first homosexual couple steps out of the church. I'll be standing out there throwing rice," the new church minister, Manu Sareen, a Social Liberal, told Jyllands-Posten newspaper.
