yay, spain!

[piranha]

i've told myself that every bit of bad news or general bitching i post has to be followed by something good. if i dwell too much on negative things, i end up in the depression doldrums, which is a horrible place to be.

spain's lower house has just passed a bill to legalise gay marriage. the upper house is very probably going to follow suit.

this bit of data makes me happy: In an opinion poll on the issue carried out by the government-run Centre for Sociological Investigations last June, 66 per cent of Spaniards favoured legalizing gay marriage, while 26 per cent were opposed.

[edit] if you (like me) don't know much about the new spain, asciident has pointed to a great overview.

Comments

[asciident]

Did you see http://www.alternet.org/story/21803/ ?

Re: yay, spain!

[pir-anha.livejournal.com]

no -- thanks, cool. i knew most of the bad stuff, pre-zapatero, and haven't really paid much attention to spain after the amazing election.

it's so great to see real social changes happen when the right sort of vision comes around.

Re: yay, spain!

[asciident]

yes. i was really interested in the "two Spains" the article talks about, and how they are working to overcome it after years of aznar playing it up to make sure there was hostility.