http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20131124/letters/A-Christian-viewpoint-on-same-sex-marriage-.496001#.Urmtj9JDuSo
Sunday, November 24, 2013, 00:01 by George Ebejer, Cospicua
Some believe that gay marriage is a fundamental issue of equality and are determined to enact legislation to make this possible. How they propose that two people of the same sex in a gay marriage relationship can conceive a baby (biologically impossible) is a drastic viewpoint to force on others through the law.
Marriage is the traditional and biblical format for families, mother, father and children – it agrees with science and cannot be refuted, which possibly explains the lack of a proper debate. Having two people in a gay marriage requires their bringing in another person of a different sex to make a family, who is not in the marriage relationship with the first two; how, therefore, can that be marriage?
Tuesday, 24 December 2013
Times: A civil union made in hell...
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20131124/opinion/A-civil-union-made-in-hell-.496015#.UrmtltJDuSo
Sunday, November 24, 2013, 00:01 by Sylvanus
Sir!
I am appalled! (Oh really, I thought you were that boring old fart who is always writing in to complain... Ed.) Yes sir, appalled, disgusted and revolted, by an article I happened upon in your muck-raking organ. (It’s a good trick if you can do it... Ed.) From it, I see that it is being proposed to legalise, what I can only describe as, conjugal liaison between members of the same... ahem... gender.
How dare they! How dare they attempt to destabilise the delicate balance that exists in society between a man and a... non-man. How dare they imply that the sanctity of wedded bliss can ever be replicated by two people of the same... persuasion.
Sunday, November 24, 2013, 00:01 by Sylvanus
Sir!
I am appalled! (Oh really, I thought you were that boring old fart who is always writing in to complain... Ed.) Yes sir, appalled, disgusted and revolted, by an article I happened upon in your muck-raking organ. (It’s a good trick if you can do it... Ed.) From it, I see that it is being proposed to legalise, what I can only describe as, conjugal liaison between members of the same... ahem... gender.
How dare they! How dare they attempt to destabilise the delicate balance that exists in society between a man and a... non-man. How dare they imply that the sanctity of wedded bliss can ever be replicated by two people of the same... persuasion.
Independent: Gay man granted asylum in Malta due to persecution in Nigeria
http://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2013-11-24/news/gay-man-granted-asylum-in-malta-due-to-persecution-in-nigeria-3278143490/
Sunday, 24 November 2013, 11:15 , by Jacob Borg
An 18-year-old Nigerian migrant has been granted asylum in Malta due to persecution in his home country over his homosexuality.
Consensual homosexual conduct is punishable by up to 14-years in prison under Nigeria’s federal criminal code.
The man was granted asylum by the Refugee Appeals Board in Malta this month after his initial request had been turned down by the office of the Commissioner for Refugees in April.
Sunday, 24 November 2013, 11:15 , by Jacob Borg
An 18-year-old Nigerian migrant has been granted asylum in Malta due to persecution in his home country over his homosexuality.
Consensual homosexual conduct is punishable by up to 14-years in prison under Nigeria’s federal criminal code.
The man was granted asylum by the Refugee Appeals Board in Malta this month after his initial request had been turned down by the office of the Commissioner for Refugees in April.
Times: Embracing the minorities
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20131121/opinion/Embracing-the-minorities.495611#.UrmotdJDuSo
Thursday, November 21, 2013, 00:01 by Mario Farrugia-Borg
Since my candidature for MEP elections on a Labour Party ticket was announced in the media some days ago, many have asked me what, in my opinion, is a legitimate question: given that the Labour government will be introducing civil unions between persons of the same sex, what is your position regarding this issue? I have therefore decided to make my position official and clear.
First and foremost, I believe in a secular state wherein politicians, although having morals and values which may be guided by their religious beliefs, should not impose those morals and values on others especially on those who do not subscribe to the same religious beliefs.
Thursday, November 21, 2013, 00:01 by Mario Farrugia-Borg
Since my candidature for MEP elections on a Labour Party ticket was announced in the media some days ago, many have asked me what, in my opinion, is a legitimate question: given that the Labour government will be introducing civil unions between persons of the same sex, what is your position regarding this issue? I have therefore decided to make my position official and clear.
First and foremost, I believe in a secular state wherein politicians, although having morals and values which may be guided by their religious beliefs, should not impose those morals and values on others especially on those who do not subscribe to the same religious beliefs.
Times: Same civil entitlements
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20131120/opinion/Same-civil-entitlements.495466#.Urmnu9JDuSo
Wednesday, November 20, 2013, 00:01 by Martin Scicluna
The Government is to be commended on bringing forward the Civil Unions Bill so early in the Parliament, thus ending another glaring social injustice in Maltese society. In an astute political move, it has drafted legislation, drawing on the Danish experience, which has finessed the concerns of both the lesbian, gay and bisexual community, who wanted same-sex marriage, and those – the majority, I suspect – who did not want its introduction. The LGBT community have got a civil union scheme which, though not ‘marriage’ per se, will have as near as dammit the same “corresponding (legal) effects and consequences” under the law as marriage.
Wednesday, November 20, 2013, 00:01 by Martin Scicluna
The Government is to be commended on bringing forward the Civil Unions Bill so early in the Parliament, thus ending another glaring social injustice in Maltese society. In an astute political move, it has drafted legislation, drawing on the Danish experience, which has finessed the concerns of both the lesbian, gay and bisexual community, who wanted same-sex marriage, and those – the majority, I suspect – who did not want its introduction. The LGBT community have got a civil union scheme which, though not ‘marriage’ per se, will have as near as dammit the same “corresponding (legal) effects and consequences” under the law as marriage.
MaltaToday: Survey - Majority favour ‘civil unions’ but not gay adoption
Gay adoptions mainly supported by women, the young, university-educated and also Labour voters who switched from the PN.
http://www.maltatoday.com.mt/en/newsdetails/news/data/Majority-favour-civil-unions-but-not-gay-adoption-20131117
Monday 18 November 2013 - 07:01 by James Debono
Actor Neil Patrick Harris (left) and his fiance David Butka (right) had twins by a surrogate mother – Harper Grace (left) and Gideon Scott (right)
Only 26% of respondents to a MaltaToday survey are opposed to a new law that grants same-sex couples who form a civil union the same rights and obligations enjoyed by married couples.
But 45% of respondents agree with full equality between the two statuses... except in granting adoption rights.
Currently single people, including gays, are allowed to adopt children as long as they are deemed to be good parents by professional social workers. The new civil unions law will now enable same-sex couples in formal unions to adopt as a couple.
http://www.maltatoday.com.mt/en/newsdetails/news/data/Majority-favour-civil-unions-but-not-gay-adoption-20131117
Monday 18 November 2013 - 07:01 by James Debono
Actor Neil Patrick Harris (left) and his fiance David Butka (right) had twins by a surrogate mother – Harper Grace (left) and Gideon Scott (right)
Only 26% of respondents to a MaltaToday survey are opposed to a new law that grants same-sex couples who form a civil union the same rights and obligations enjoyed by married couples.
But 45% of respondents agree with full equality between the two statuses... except in granting adoption rights.
Currently single people, including gays, are allowed to adopt children as long as they are deemed to be good parents by professional social workers. The new civil unions law will now enable same-sex couples in formal unions to adopt as a couple.
Malta Today: ‘Don’t touch our rights’, gay lobby tells Busuttil over civil unions’ amendments
Gay lobby’s stark warning to PN in rowdy meeting over civil unions’ bill
http://www.maltatoday.com.mt/en/newsdetails/news/national/Don-t-touch-our-rights-gay-lobby-tells-Busuttil-over-civil-unions-amendments-20131118
Monday 18 November 2013 - 09:46
Simon Busuttil has been warned by gay rights’ groups that attempts to dilute the civil unions’ bill to pacify PN voters will further endanger the party’s frayed relationship with the gay vote
A rowdy meeting between Opposition leader Simon Busuttil and the gay lobby turned sour this week, when the PN informed them they would be pushing amendments to the civil unions' bill without divulging what the amendments will be.
Busuttil met Malta Gay Rights Movement coordinator Gabi Calleja and human rights lawyer Neil Falzon, of Aditus Foundation, who authored the civil unions' bill; together with PN equality spokesperson Claudette Buttigieg and MEP candidate Therese Commodini Cachia.
http://www.maltatoday.com.mt/en/newsdetails/news/national/Don-t-touch-our-rights-gay-lobby-tells-Busuttil-over-civil-unions-amendments-20131118
Monday 18 November 2013 - 09:46
Simon Busuttil has been warned by gay rights’ groups that attempts to dilute the civil unions’ bill to pacify PN voters will further endanger the party’s frayed relationship with the gay vote
A rowdy meeting between Opposition leader Simon Busuttil and the gay lobby turned sour this week, when the PN informed them they would be pushing amendments to the civil unions' bill without divulging what the amendments will be.
Busuttil met Malta Gay Rights Movement coordinator Gabi Calleja and human rights lawyer Neil Falzon, of Aditus Foundation, who authored the civil unions' bill; together with PN equality spokesperson Claudette Buttigieg and MEP candidate Therese Commodini Cachia.
Times: Homophobia or heterophobia?
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20131117/religion/Homophobia-or-heterophobia-.495067#.UrmkdtJDuSo
Sunday, November 17, 2013, 00:01 by Fr Paul Chetcuti
Equality may be wrongly understood as a blanket concept that denies differences. It could change marriage into simply a neutral, logistical exercise for people of any sex to be together.
No man (or woman) is an island, or so the saying goes. Being human is all about being with others. We originate in others (parents), grow with and thanks to others (family, society), and find our fullness in loving and giving life to others (children). Hence our passionate desire for and need of others.
Yet, the magnet that draws us to others may become the greatest repellent. Needing others may make us dependent. Acceptance by others comes at a price. We need to please, conform, adapt and give in to their demands, risking our identity as well as our autonomy. So we end up loving those we fear and fearing those we love. We are torn between the fear of loneliness and the fear of being devoured by others.
According to the dominant fear that conditions us, we may become ‘homophobic’ – fearing sameness – or ‘heterophobic’ – fearing diversity. (Here I take these terms to include, rather be reduced to sex and gender.) These are the mythical Scylla and Charybdis, through which we humans need to navigate if we are to survive as individuals and as a human race. Being human is living constantly between a rock and hard place, as they say.
Sunday, November 17, 2013, 00:01 by Fr Paul Chetcuti
Equality may be wrongly understood as a blanket concept that denies differences. It could change marriage into simply a neutral, logistical exercise for people of any sex to be together.
No man (or woman) is an island, or so the saying goes. Being human is all about being with others. We originate in others (parents), grow with and thanks to others (family, society), and find our fullness in loving and giving life to others (children). Hence our passionate desire for and need of others.
Yet, the magnet that draws us to others may become the greatest repellent. Needing others may make us dependent. Acceptance by others comes at a price. We need to please, conform, adapt and give in to their demands, risking our identity as well as our autonomy. So we end up loving those we fear and fearing those we love. We are torn between the fear of loneliness and the fear of being devoured by others.
According to the dominant fear that conditions us, we may become ‘homophobic’ – fearing sameness – or ‘heterophobic’ – fearing diversity. (Here I take these terms to include, rather be reduced to sex and gender.) These are the mythical Scylla and Charybdis, through which we humans need to navigate if we are to survive as individuals and as a human race. Being human is living constantly between a rock and hard place, as they say.
Times: Do they pay as much as ‘I do’?
Tax in same-sex civil unions
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20131117/business-news/Do-they-pay-as-much-as-I-do-.495124#.UrmkdNJDuSo
Sunday, November 17, 2013, 00:01 by Robert Attard
Article 4 of the Civil Unions Bill incorporates an important article: “...a civil union, once registered, shall mutatis mutandis have the corresponding effects and consequences in law of civil marriage contracted under the Act”.
The Interpretation Act defines the word ‘law’ as including “any instrument having the force of law and any unwritten rule of law”.
Does this mean that for tax purposes, civil unions are the same as marriage? Specifically, marriages are subject to a special tax regime – will this special tax regime apply to civil unions too?
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20131117/business-news/Do-they-pay-as-much-as-I-do-.495124#.UrmkdNJDuSo
Sunday, November 17, 2013, 00:01 by Robert Attard
Article 4 of the Civil Unions Bill incorporates an important article: “...a civil union, once registered, shall mutatis mutandis have the corresponding effects and consequences in law of civil marriage contracted under the Act”.
The Interpretation Act defines the word ‘law’ as including “any instrument having the force of law and any unwritten rule of law”.
Does this mean that for tax purposes, civil unions are the same as marriage? Specifically, marriages are subject to a special tax regime – will this special tax regime apply to civil unions too?
Saturday, 21 December 2013
Independent: Russian gays may apply for protection in Malta
http://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2013-11-15/news/russian-gays-may-apply-for-protection-in-malta-3195502597/
Friday, 15 November 2013, 13:00 , by Jacob Borg
The Maltese ‘entertainment’ industry employs a number of Russian people who come to the island on tourist visas. The perfect excuse to overstay their visas and apply for asylum in Malta may have just fallen into their laps.
A recent ruling by the European Court of Justice says that homosexual applicants for asylum may be offered protection if their country of origin persecutes homosexuality.
Friday, 15 November 2013, 13:00 , by Jacob Borg
The Maltese ‘entertainment’ industry employs a number of Russian people who come to the island on tourist visas. The perfect excuse to overstay their visas and apply for asylum in Malta may have just fallen into their laps.
A recent ruling by the European Court of Justice says that homosexual applicants for asylum may be offered protection if their country of origin persecutes homosexuality.
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