By Terry Vanderheyden
LISBON, February 2, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A lesbian couple in Portugal attempted to obtain a marriage certificate Wednesday in a bid to overturn the country’s law banning same-sex “marriage.”
Helena Paixao and Teresa Pires expect to be denied their request in a formal reply expected today. The pair has already appealed the denial in court.
“We want to get married in our country, we are Portuguese,” said Pires, according to a Reuters report. The couple claims they have a right to “marry” because of a 1975 law that bans discrimination based on sex, even though Portugal’s civil code explicitly bans same-sex “marriage.”
The liberal opposition bloc presented a motion in parliament Wednesday proposing the legalization of same-sex “marriage.”