Jan 19 – ERG Congratulates Feetham And GSD
The Equality Rights Group says it welcomes the announcement by the Leader of the Opposition, Danny Feetham, in his New Year message, that both he, personally, and his parliamentary team fully endorse and support Government plans for the introduction of One Civil Marriage Law for All, and for which a consultation process is currently in progress and due to expire on 29 January.
Chairman Felix Alvarez commented: ‘It has taken sixteen years for this moment to arrive with the GSD, but we have continued with our task of informing and dialoguing with all sectors in both civil society and in the political parties throughout that long period. The process, indeed, is as important as the introduction of legislation, as it brings the issues out into the open for clarification and understanding to emerge. After more than one and a half decades, the issues and the debate have now been fully engaged.
‘Today, we believe it is true to say, that Gibraltar has slowly but surely started to overcome the taboos and prejudices of the past. There will still be a way to go, but there is no doubt in our minds that human and civil rights are now central to the political and social considerations and discourse of a society emerging to position itself at the forefront of advanced European nations in every respect. Gibraltarians from all across the board deserve ample credit for that,” he concluded.
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