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| − | {{Resolution| colour= #FFC0FF | resnumber=182| linknumber=181 | category= [[Proposal_categories#Human_Rights|Human Rights]] | author= [[Witchcliff]] | Strengthorsubcategory= Strength | strength= Mild | status= '''Passed'''| date= | + | {{Resolution| colour= #FFC0FF | resnumber=182| linknumber=181 | category= [[Proposal_categories#Human_Rights|Human Rights]] | author= [[Witchcliff]] | Strengthorsubcategory= Strength | strength= Mild | status= '''Passed'''| date= 2006.10.20 | vote1= 11,301 | vote2= 3,260}} |
The '''Marriage Protection Act''' was the second [[resolution]] sponsored by [[Witchcliff]] to reach the [[UN floor]] and be adopted. Following the repeals of the [[Definition of Marriage]], [[Gay Rights]], and [[Right to Divorce]] resolutions, the Marriage Protection Act acts as a [[blocker resolution]] by granting [[UN member]]s the right to develop their own definitions of marriage, but at the same time the resolution also echoes the basic sentiments of the three previous resolutions by calling upon nations to prevent those definitions from being unfair or prejudiced towards any specific group. This compromise enabled the resolution to be adopted by a [[supermajority]] vote and achieve a higher amount of support than any of the previous resolutions. | The '''Marriage Protection Act''' was the second [[resolution]] sponsored by [[Witchcliff]] to reach the [[UN floor]] and be adopted. Following the repeals of the [[Definition of Marriage]], [[Gay Rights]], and [[Right to Divorce]] resolutions, the Marriage Protection Act acts as a [[blocker resolution]] by granting [[UN member]]s the right to develop their own definitions of marriage, but at the same time the resolution also echoes the basic sentiments of the three previous resolutions by calling upon nations to prevent those definitions from being unfair or prejudiced towards any specific group. This compromise enabled the resolution to be adopted by a [[supermajority]] vote and achieve a higher amount of support than any of the previous resolutions. | ||
Latest revision as of 14:05, 18 June 2007
| #182: Marriage Protection Act
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| Category: | Human Rights |
| Proposed By: | Witchcliff |
| Strength: | Mild |
| Status: | Passed |
| Adopted: | 2006.10.20 |
| Votes For: | 11,301 |
| Votes Against: | 3,260 |
The Marriage Protection Act was the second resolution sponsored by Witchcliff to reach the UN floor and be adopted. Following the repeals of the Definition of Marriage, Gay Rights, and Right to Divorce resolutions, the Marriage Protection Act acts as a blocker resolution by granting UN members the right to develop their own definitions of marriage, but at the same time the resolution also echoes the basic sentiments of the three previous resolutions by calling upon nations to prevent those definitions from being unfair or prejudiced towards any specific group. This compromise enabled the resolution to be adopted by a supermajority vote and achieve a higher amount of support than any of the previous resolutions.
Resolution text
Description:
RECOGNISING the wide-ranging differences among UN member governments in how they define and recognise marriage and civil unions within their jurisdictions;
NOTING that some member nations are theocracies that will only recognise unions performed in accordance with the doctrines of their religions and that some member nations do not have any provisions of law recognising formal union between persons, and
BELIEVING that any attempt to impose a definition of marriage as a UN standard, to be applied to all member nations, would be extremely difficult due to these wide ranging differences, and that to do so could cause serious problems for those nations with unusual marriage laws and customs;
The United Nations
DECLARES that it is the right of all UN member nations to define and regulate marriage and civil union within their own borders as they see fit.
ASKS each UN member nation to respect and recognise the marital status of international visitors, even if it does not recognise that status with regard to its own population.
STRONGLY URGES all UN member nations who do recognise marriage or civil union within their nations to apply all laws governing them equally and fairly to the whole population, without discrimination or prejudice.
CONDEMNS the practice of forced marriage between non-consenting individuals.
Co Authored by Ausserland.
- Votes For: 11,301
- Votes Against: 3,260
- Implemented: Fri Oct 20 2006
Voting analysis
A poll was attached to the official UN floor debate asking UN members if their governments voted for, against, or abstained on the resolution. A comparison of the UN forum-based poll with the overall UN vote shows that there was broad support both within the nations participating in the UN debate and those not participating in the debate for adopting the Marriage Protection Act.
