only few countries in the world allow same sex marriage..dont know of any in africa. in asia, i know of only one

not all countries allow same sex marriage in fact only few countries allow it.

I have hope that one day, LGBT people will be treated with respect all around the world. Optimism.

I'm assuming you are asking "at what age should we allow people to start getting marriaged?"

I think people are still too immature to settle down even at 18.  A better age would be 25.

if you really love them, leave them will be better.

Nah… Too tired to change names on current ID's and documents.

@latinoguys:

@lf4317:

Has your boyfriend expressed a desire to get married?

Yeah! sometimes. He indirectly says that We have to marry someday. Actually, I was skeptical at first, but then I thought he's the one.

Have you thought about proposing to him at the place of your first date? On your anniversary? Creating a special moment like that could help with the proposal.

Yes.
It conveys tons of automatic rights that you have as a legal couple. Inheritance, power of attorney, sole survivor as well as gov benefits in some catastrophic circumstances.
And that's where you need them most. When something bad happens.
Without the documents, you are just a friend. Nothing more.
You can also accomplish the same thing by hiring an attorney and getting all the documents you need draw up to cover everything but that will cost you 50X what just going getting married will do.
Its kind of like life insurance, as long as everything is going good, you don't need it. But when things go bad, they can get much worse without it.

I'm a monogamist. I belive in sharing your love and your intimacy with just the person you are in a relationship with.

It would take time as it usually happens, the civil union is the first one, in your case, you have a huge trouble of having the Vatican INSIDE Rome. I could easily empatize for I'm now an Italian citizen (my grandfather being one) and I'm also Argentinian so you have an Argie Pope, I wish you the best but I think you'd be one of the last countries to get it. The Italian society is still very catholic, at least, the old guard.

good result

The vote outcome will be announced tomorrow.

As may have been explained before:

A YES vote majority will not automatically mean SSM is legal in Australia. It will allow for our government to have a vote in parliament - a "conscience" vote which means you vote as YOU see fit, not your official party line (which is usually how most things go in our parliament)

A NO vote would automatically mean it is a NO and no discussion will be had in our parliament. Although a bill may be put forward, it is unlikely it will be put through or will it be held up/ignored until 2018

The YES vs NO has been a mixed bag of politics - the usual left vs right is obvious but there is a middle overlap which is religious vs non religious, economic conservatives who are left leaning in social stuff vs more socially conservative left leaners etc

The "NO" side of politics have said that even if it is YES they will not vote YES automatically and will judge it after the result

The "NO" side have also said that they want harder restrictions and have started tabling bills to be put forward that would allow people to not provide services (the good old cake stuff etc) based on religious grounds (this is all muddy and mostly involves hard right religious people who do not understand that these laws are already in Law for heterosexuals anyway, they just want it specific to push a point)

As soon as the % comes through then the drama will start - a 49% No vs 51% yes for example is technically a win but then the NO will not take that and if it is a larger majority then reactions will be very different.. most are tipping over 60% YES as a conservative estimate

Some things to note

The vote was NOT compulsory BUT had a very high response rate

"A bigger percentage of us have voted in the survey than the Irish did in their referendum on the same issue; Brits in the Brexit poll and even Americans in the presidential elections."

The "NO" side have pretty much conceded already BUT they feel the % is what is important. Esp since it is a % count scenario unlike other votes such as the US system where a republican system is in place. This vote is purely count what is there.

if 100 vote - 51 say YES then it YES - BUT - in parliament a minister who knows his electorate voted 75% no in a conservative area may vote no to reflect this etc etc

One of the major parties has said that regardless of ant outcome - they will legislate SSM in their first 100 days if they succeed in next election - and considering the mess our current government is in, then they may get in

good things happen 🙂

I wish I had one 🙂

Its possible, but I've never seen it work long term. Sooner or later you will have problems. My husband and I, we had open relationships at the past, before we met us, so we decided to be monogamous after we married.

Speaking as a Canadian, check with a local immigrant organization or a Brazilian-Canadian organization.  That doesn't sound right to me.

There are a lot of Portuguese in Canada (more than Brazilians).  Here's one organization that you could start with.
http://acapo.ca/

Also look for organizations working on Gay immigration.

It would definitely help if you and your boyfriend were married.

Yes, since the demise of Doma - The defense of Marriage Act.

A K1 Visa is obtained in the country of origin and not the US.  This involves application, evidence of your relationship (being real), a medical examination and an interview at the Consulate (again in the country of origin).

Once you have been approved, you must marry within 90 days of your arrival in the US.

After you are married, you must then apply for permanent residence which is conditional and lasts for 2 years.  While your application is being processed you can also apply for work authorization and advanced parole which will allow you to work and travel while your green card application is being processed.  You may or may not be required to attend an interview.  There are certain triggers that may in the eyes of USCIS warrant an interview including large age gaps between spouses.  Expect this to take between 6 and 9 months.

And once you get through all that, when your conditional residence is about 3 months away from expiring, you start the next round with USCIS.  You need to get the conditions removed from your green card (its called an I751), which in effect will give you a 10 year green card … but it takes an average of 15 months and a lot of stress.

You can do all of this on your own, and there are a lot of fees involved.  We opted not to and hire a lawyer, since we decided it was too important for us to risk making mistakes.  Total costs to date, are about 12K including all government fees.

There are many resources out there on the web offering support and advice but it is really important that you are very careful.  I personally recommend getting a lawyer but it you cannot, be very careful with your paper work and triple quadruple check everything.

Hope this helps someone at some point 🙂

I think it's probably just down to the fact that you're 'locked in' so to speak so feel you can be a little bit more expressive  😉