※ [本文转录自 lesbian 看板] Norway adopts gay marriage law 挪威通过同性婚姻法 OSLO (AFP) — Norway's parliament on Wednesday adopted a new marriage law that allows homosexuals to marry and adopt children and permits lesbians to be artificially inseminated. 奥斯陆(法新社) ─ 挪威国会於周日通过新婚姻法─允许同性恋 结婚、领养小孩并准许女同性恋人工授精。 After a heated debate, the members of parliament adopted the text by a vote of 84 to 41. 经过一番争论，国会议员以84比41票通过该法。 The three centre-left coalition parties in power and two opposition parties, the Conservatives and the Liberals, voted largely in favour of the law, while the Christian Democrats and the far-right Progress Party voted against it. 执政的三个中间偏左联合政党籍两个反对党─保守党及自由党，多数 投票支持该法，基督民主党籍极右派进步党则投下反对票。 Norway thus became the sixth country in the world to grant homosexuals the right to marry on an equal footing with heterosexuals, according to Norwegian television TV2. 根据挪威电视台TV2，挪威因此成为世界第六个给予同性恋同等於异性 恋结婚权的国家。 "This decision is of an importance comparable to universal suffrage and our law on parity," Labour Party rapporteur Gunn Karin Gjul said during the debate. "这个决定与普选权及我们有关平等的立法一样重要。"劳工党书记 Gunn Karin Gjul於辩论时如此说。 The most controversial part of the law is that which gives lesbians the right to be artificially inseminated. The sperm donor must be identified so that the child can seek out his or her biological father at the age of 18. 该法最具争议的部分为给予女同性恋人工授精之权利，精子捐赠者必 须具名身分，小孩才能於18岁後寻找生父。 "We are now creating a system where the father is reduced to a sperm sample," lamented Ulf Erik Knudsen, a member of the far-right. "我们现在正在建立一个体制，使父亲的地位沦为一个精子样本。" Ulf Erik Knudsen，一个极右党派成员叹道。 Outside the parliament, a handful of opponents protested with posters reading "Have fathers become superfluous?" and "Parliament has no mandate to change the laws of nature." 国会外有少数反对者持海报抗议，海报上写"父亲已经变成多余的 了吗?"及"国会并没有被授权去改变自然的法律"。 Among other things, the new legislation replaces a so-called "partnership law" adopted in 1993 which gave Norwegian homosexuals the right to civil unions. 除此之外，新法取代所谓的伴侣法，该法於1993年通过，给予挪威同 性恋者民事结合的权利。 Health care workers who do not want to perform artificial inseminations on lesbians because of their personal convictions will not be under any obligation to carry out the procedure. 出於个人信念而不愿意为女同性恋进行人工授精的保健工作者并没有 义务一定要执行这项程序。 The new law is expected to enter into force at the end of this year or early next year. 新法预计将於今年底或明年初开始实行。 Homosexuality was illegal until 1972 in Norway, a country which has since become one of the most liberal in the world in the field. 直到1972年，同性恋在挪威是不合法的，自此该国已成为在这项议题 中，最为开放的国家之一。 --

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