Austria: Court Allows Marriage Equality
(World News Austria)

Expand Austria`s Constitutional Court (Verfassungsgerichtshof) in Vienna, Austria. On December 4, 2017 the court ruled that a ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional. ©2016 Reuters (Amsterdam, December 6, 2017) - The Austrian Constitutional Court´s ruling on December 4, 2017, that a ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional is a powerful victory for equal marriage rights, Human Rights Watch said today. It is the first time a Constitutional Court in Europe has held that the exclusion of gay people from civil marriage is unconstitutional. The Austrian government and parliament should...