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Same-sex marriage in Switzerland

May 15, 2023

Same-sex marriage in Switzerland has been legal since 1 July 2022. Legislation to open marriage to same-sex couples passed the Swiss Parliament in December 2020. The law was challenged in a referendum on 26 September 2021 by opponents of same-sex marriage and was approved with the support of 64% of voters and a majority in all 26 cantons. The law went into force on 1 July 2022. A provision of the law permitting same-sex marriages performed abroad to be recognised in Switzerland took effect on 1 January 2022.

Switzerland allowed registered partnerships for same-sex couples from 1 January 2007, following a 2005 referendum. These partnerships provided most, but not all, of the rights and benefits of marriage. After the introduction of same-sex marriage on 1 July 2022, registered partnerships were no longer available.

Registered partnerships

 
Results of the 2005 registered partnership referendum by canton, 5 June 2005

In a nationwide referendum on 5 June 2005, Swiss voters approved a registered partnership law by 58%, granting same-sex couples the same rights and protections as married couples in terms of next of kin status, taxation, social security, insurance, and shared possession of a dwelling. However, same-sex couples would not have the same rights in terms of joint adoption of children, access to fertility treatments, and facilitated Swiss naturalisation of the foreign partner. Swiss law provides a faster route to citizenship for the spouse of a Swiss citizen, but did not recognise same-sex marriages conducted in foreign countries, instead classing them as registered partnerships.

The official title of the same-sex union is eingetragene Partnerschaft in German, partenariat enregistré in French, unione domestica registrata in Italian, and partenadi registrà in Romansh. The bill was passed by the National Council, 118 to 50,[1] on 3 December 2003, and by the Council of States on 3 June 2004 by 33 votes to 5, with minor changes.[2][3] The National Council approved it again on 18 June, by a vote of 112 to 51, but the conservative Federal Democratic Union collected signatures to force a referendum.[4][5] Subsequently, the Swiss people voted 58% in favor of the bill on 5 June 2005.[6] The law came into effect on 1 January 2007.[7] Switzerland was the first nation to pass a same-sex union law by referendum.

Federal Act on registered partnerships of same-sex couples[8]
Choice Votes %
  Yes 1,559,848 58.04
No 1,127,520 41.96
Valid votes 2,687,368 98.30
Invalid or blank votes 46,470 1.70
Total votes 2,733,838 100.00
Registered voters/turnout 4,837,844 56.51

At the end of August 2008, the Federal Supreme Court ruled that long-term same-sex partners were entitled to the same vested benefits from the pension of the deceased as equivalent opposite-sex partners have. A shared apartment is not necessary.[9]

The ability to enter into a registered partnership was closed off on 1 July 2022. No further partnerships are granted in Switzerland, and couples may retain their status as registered partners or convert their union into a recognized marriage.

Adoption and parenting

Article 27 of the partnership law treats the matter of the partner's child(ren). The law states that the partner of the biological or adoptive parent must provide financial support for their partner's child and also possesses the full legal authority to represent the child in every matter as being the parent's partner. It also states that in the case of the dissolution of the partnership, the ex-partner has the right to keep close ties with the child.[10] This gives couples a real role in being parents.

In 2010, Swiss LGBT organisations started a petition, "Same Chances For All Families", demanding more adoption rights. On 30 September 2011, the National Council considered the petition but ultimately voted 83–97 against it.[11] However, the debate and close vote provided a view on how attitudes on the issue had changed, as for example, Maja Ingold, MP for the Evangelical People's Party, spoke for more recognition of gay and lesbian parents, although her party had campaigned against the registered partnership law in 2005. It became clear that, while there was no majority for full joint adoption, allowing adoption of the partner's child (i.e. stepchild adoption) could gather majority support in Parliament.

The Council of States accepted the petition and the Legal Affairs Committee approved a motion from MP Claude Janiak backing the right to full joint adoption regardless of marital status or sexual orientation. In November 2011, the committee voted unanimously in favour, including members of the conservative Swiss People's Party.[12] In February 2012, the Federal Council responded by informing the Council of States that they were in favour of stepchild adoption but against full joint adoption rights.[13] On 14 March 2012, the Council of States approved (21–19) the full extension of adoption rights to same-sex couples regardless of marital status or sexual orientation.[14] As the National Council had originally voted against it in September 2011, the bill had to be voted on again by the chamber, which did so on 13 December 2012, as it voted 113–64 to grant a person in a registered partnership the right to adopt biological or adopted children that their partner had before the start of the partnership.[15] However, the motion granting full adoption rights approved by the Council of States was rejected by the National Council.[16] On 4 March 2013, the new version approved by the National Council on 13 December was accepted by the Council of States by a majority of 26–16.[17]

In November 2014, taking into account the parliamentary votes, the Federal Council approved allowing the adoption of the partner's child as part of a larger adoption reform.[18][19] The bill would permit registered partners and cohabiting couples, both same-sex and different-sex, to petition to adopt, and would also lower the minimum age to adopt from 35 to 28. The legislation had to be approved by Parliament, though opponents had already announced they would force an optional referendum.[20] For such a referendum to occur, citizens opposing the law had to gather 50,000 signatures within 100 days. In January 2016, the Council of States' Legal Affairs Committee voted 7 to 3 with one abstention to approve the bill.[21] On 8 March 2016, the Council of States voted 25–14 in favor.[22][23] Federal Councillor Simonetta Sommaruga expressed her support for the bill and argued that it was necessary to legally protect children already raised by same-sex couples. On 13 May 2016, the National Council's Legal Affairs Committee voted 15–9 to approve the bill.[24] The following day, it was approved by the National Council in a 113–64 vote.[25][26] Differing texts caused the two chambers to agree on a final, slightly modified version of the bill that was passed in Parliament on 17 June 2016 by a vote of 125–68 with 3 abstentions.[27][28] Following the final vote in Parliament, a referendum committee was established including members of several different political parties with the aim of forcing a referendum on the bill. No major party supported the committee.[29][30] On 4 October 2016, it was confirmed that the referendum would not take place as only 20,000 signatures had been collected.[31] The law took effect on 1 January 2018.[32][33]

Statistics

The first same-sex partnership was registered on 2 January 2007 in the Italian-speaking canton of Ticino.[7] By the end of 2021, 12,133 same-sex partnerships had taken place in Switzerland.[34]

Registered partnerships in Switzerland by year
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Total
Female 573 271 284 221 246 267 230 270 261 227 306 275 225 265 221 4,172
Male 1,431 660 588 499 426 428 463 450 440 502 483 425 419 386 361 7,921
Total 2,004 931 872 720 672 695 693 720 701 729 789 700 674 651 582 12,133

Most partnerships were performed in the canton of Zürich at 3,725, followed by Vaud (1,322), Bern (1,255), Geneva (1,104), Aargau (644), Basel-Stadt (485), St. Gallen (421), Lucerne (409), Basel-Landschaft (402), Ticino (332), Fribourg (325), Valais (289), Solothurn (275), Thurgau (250), Neuchâtel (174), Zug (157), Schwyz (130), Graubünden (129), Schaffhausen (88), Jura (55), Appenzell Ausserrhoden (46), Glarus (29), Nidwalden (28), Obwalden (24), Uri (22), and Appenzell Innerrhoden (13).[35]

Cantonal laws

 
"Same-sex partnerships are allowed in Switzerland." Image from a 2016 Lucerne cantonal government publication for refugees.

Cohabitation

Certain Swiss cantonal constitutions recognise and guarantee the right to cohabit and to found a family outside of marriage for both different-sex and same-sex couples; these include among others the constitutions of Vaud,[36] Zürich,[37] Appenzell Ausserrhoden,[38] Basel-Stadt,[39] Bern,[40] Geneva,[41] Zug,[42] Schaffhausen,[43] and Fribourg.[44]

Registered partnerships

The canton of Geneva has had a partnership law on a cantonal level since 2001. It grants unmarried couples, both same-sex and opposite-sex, many of the same rights, responsibilities and protections as married couples. However, it does not allow benefits in taxation, social security, or health insurance premiums (unlike the federal law). The law is based on the French civil solidarity pact.[45][46][47][48] In autumn 2016, the Department of Public Instruction of Geneva introduced new forms in schools allowing same-sex parents to be recognized; the previous forms with boxes for "father" and "mother" were replaced with two boxes listing "parents".[49]

On 22 September 2002, the canton of Zürich passed a same-sex partnership law by referendum (62.7% in favor) that goes further than Geneva's law, but requires couples to live together for six months before registering.[50]

In July 2004, the Grand Council of Neuchâtel passed a law recognizing unmarried couples, with 65 votes to 38.[51][52]

Registered partnerships for same-sex couples are recognized in the Constitution of the canton of Fribourg.[53] In May 2004, voters approved the Constitution with 58.03% in favor and 41.97% against.[54] It took effect on 1 January 2005. Article 14(2) states: "The right to register a partnership for same-sex couples is guaranteed".[a]

Marriage

On 6 June 2016, the Cantonal Council of Zürich rejected by a vote of 110–52 a proposal that would have defined marriage as "a union between one man and one woman" in the Constitution of Zürich. The proposal, introduced by the Federal Democratic Union (EDU/UDF), sought to constitutionally ban same-sex marriage in the canton.[55][56] EDU and most members of the Swiss People's Party were in favor of the measure, while all other parties, including the Christian Democratic People's Party and the Evangelical People's Party, were opposed. The EDU subsequently gathered 6,000 signatures to force a cantonal referendum on the issue. The referendum took place on 27 November 2016, where the proposal was overwhelmingly rejected; 80.9% voted against it, while 19.1% voted in favor.[57] Voters in Zürich's Aussersihl and Industriequartier districts voted "No" by more than 92%.[58] All municipalities rejected the proposal.

Initiative «Schutz der Ehe»
Choice Votes %
  No 319,501 80.91
Yes 75,362 19.09
Total votes 404,025 100.00
Registered voters/turnout 893,285 45.63%

Same-sex marriage

 
Laws regarding same-sex partnerships in Europe¹
  Marriage
  Civil union
  Limited domestic recognition (cohabitation)
  Limited foreign recognition (residency rights)
  Unrecognized
  Constitution limits marriage to opposite-sex couples
¹ May include recent laws or court decisions that have not yet entered into effect.

In 2012, Parliament requested that the executive Swiss Federal Council examine how to update family law to reflect changes in society.[59] In March 2015, the council released its governmental report about marriage and new rights for families, raising the possibility of the introduction of registered partnerships for straight couples and marriage for gay and lesbian couples.[60] Federal Councillor Simonetta Sommaruga, in charge of the Federal Department of Justice and Police, also stated she hoped that gay and lesbian couples would soon be allowed to marry.[61]

Political parties and support

Same-sex marriage is supported by the Green Party (GPS/PES),[62] the Conservative Democratic Party (BDP/PBD), the Social Democratic Party (SP/PS), the Green Liberal Party (glp/pvl), the Swiss Party of Labour (PdA/PST-POP),[63] The Liberals (FDP/PLR),[64] the Christian Democratic People's Party (CVP/PDC),[65][66][67] and Solidarity.[68] The Swiss People's Party (SVP/UDC), the Evangelical People's Party (EVP/PEV), the Ticino League and the Federal Democratic Union (EDU/UDF) are mostly opposed. In 2017, the CVP president, Gerhard Pfister, said he believed that around two-thirds of CVP lawmakers opposed same-sex marriage. However, a 2019 survey showed that about 83% of CVP candidates running in the October 2019 federal election were in favour of same-sex marriage.[69] The same survey showed that 48% of SVP candidates were in favour. In April 2018, the women's wing of The Liberals voted by 56 votes to 2 to support same-sex marriage.[70] On 26 January 2019, the national Swiss People's Party adopted a new party programme. A proposal to strike the party's opposition to same-sex marriage was rejected by the delegates with a vote of 166 to 126.[71]

During a 2019 public consultation on the legalisation of same-sex marriage, the governments of Geneva, Vaud, Zürich, Bern,[72] Basel-Stadt, Basel-Landschaft, Aargau, Luzern, Valais, Schaffhausen, Graubünden, Ticino, Fribourg, Neuchâtel, St. Gallen, Solothurn, Jura, Glarus, Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Zug, Uri and Thurgau expressed support for the opening of marriage to same-sex couples,[73][74][75][76][77] while the governments of Schwyz, Nidwalden, Appenzell Innerrhoden and Obwalden expressed opposition.[78][79][80] Several organisations and associations also came out in support, including LGBT and feminist groups, Operation Libero, the National Ethics Committee, ProFamilia CH, the Swiss Psychological Society, and religious groups such as the Old Catholic Church, the Protestant Church of Switzerland and the Swiss Federation of Jewish Communities. Opposition was found mainly among pro-life and religious groups, including the Episcopal Conference of Switzerland.[81]

On 15 August 2019, Gottfried Locher, president of the Protestant Church of Switzerland, declared his personal support for same-sex marriage.[82][83] In November 2019, the Protestant Church voted to support the opening of marriage to same-sex couples.[84][85] This followed a June 2019 statement from the church, "We are created by God. We cannot choose our sexual orientation. We perceive it as an expression of creative fullness."

Popular initiative "For the couple and the family"

In 2011, the Christian Democratic People's Party (CVP/PDC) began gathering signatures for a popular initiative entitled "For the couple and the family - No to the penalty of marriage" (German: Für Ehe und Familie - gegen die Heiratsstrafe; French: Pour le couple et la famille - Non à la pénalisation du mariage; Italian: Per il matrimonio e la famiglia - No agli svantaggi per le coppie sposate; Romansh: Per la lètg e la famiglia - Na als dischavantatgs per pèrs maridads). This initiative sought to amend article 14 of the Swiss Federal Constitution to equalise fiscal rights and social security benefits between married couples and unmarried cohabiting couples. However, the text would have also introduced a definition of marriage for the first time, specifically the "sole union between a man and a woman".[86] Under Swiss law, cohabiting unmarried couples are entitled to two full pensions. However, the pension of married couples is limited to 150% of the maximum pension per person, meaning that if both partners earn relatively well during their working life, they receive only one and a half times the maximum pension instead of two full pensions.[87]

In November 2012, signature gathering ended and the initiative was submitted. The Federal Council reviewed the initiative and decided to support it, formally asking Parliament in October 2013 to recommend that voters approve the initiative.[88] On 10 December 2014, the National Council discussed the initiative. The Greens proposed to amend the bill stating that "any forms of unions" could not be penalised and the Green Liberals proposed to amend the bill so that "marriage and all the other forms of union defined by the law" could not be penalised.[89] The debate opposed mainly the Swiss People's Party and the Christian Democrats to the Green Liberals, the Greens, the Social Democrats and the Conservative Democrats. The Liberals were mostly divided on the issue.[90] The Swiss People's Party and the Christian Democrats stated their opposition to "any form of homophobia". On the other hand, the opposing parties highlighted the discrimination that would be introduced by the initiative and called for a future definition of marriage that would include same-sex couples. Some MPs called the Christian Democrats a "retrograde" party.[91]

After having rejected both counter-propositions from the Greens and the Green Liberals, the National Council finally approved a suggestion from the Commission for Economic Affairs and Taxation, which retained the spirit of the initiative but removed the definition of marriage as exclusively between a man and a woman. This counter-proposition was approved 102–86, thus rejecting the popular initiative and recommending to the Swiss electorate to reject the initiative and accept the counter-proposition.[92] The Council of States approved the counter-proposition on 4 March 2015 in a 24–19 vote.[93] The debate in the upper house also mainly focused on the definition of marriage, though the idea of equal fiscal rights and equal social security benefits between married couples and unmarried cohabiting couples was unopposed.[94] A few Liberal members changed their mind, and the counter-proposition was rejected in the Council of States in a later vote. A subsequent conciliation conference in June 2015 of both chambers of Parliament decided to recommend rejecting the original initiative.[95] On 19 June 2015, the formal order of Parliament recommending voters to reject the initiative was published.[96] On 17 November 2015, the Federal Council also recommended rejecting the initiative. It had supported the initiative two years earlier, but now was obliged to change its position because Parliament was opposed.[97][98]

Referendum

The Christian Democrats' proposal was put to a referendum on 28 February 2016,[99] with voters deciding whether to define marriage as a "durable cohabitation of a man and a woman" that "must not be disadvantaged in comparison of other lifestyles",[100] thus prohibiting same-sex marriage in the Swiss Federal Constitution. Amongst parliamentary parties, the Christian Democrats (apart from the Young Christian Democrats of Zürich and Geneva, which had declared opposition to the initiative of their parent party),[101][102] the national-conservative Swiss People's Party and the conservative Evangelical People's Party campaigned for a "Yes" vote. Meanwhile, the Social Democrats, the Liberals, the Greens, the Conservative Democrats and the Green Liberals opposed the text and campaigned for a "No" vote, along with Amnesty International Switzerland, Economiesuisse, the Swiss Federation of Trade Unions and Operation Libero. A month before the vote, various polls showed 67% support (22 January 2016) and 53% support (17 February 2016).[103] On 28 February 2016, the initiative was rejected by 50.8% of voters, with 1,609,328 in favor and 1,664,217 against, a margin of 54,979 votes. The majority of the cantons approved the initiative (16.5 to 6.5), with the cantons of Geneva, Vaud, Bern, Zürich, Grisons, Basel-Stadt, Basel-Landschaft and Appenzell Ausserrhoden opposing the initiative.[104]

During the referendum campaign, the Swiss Government informed voters that about 80,000 married couples were paying more tax than unmarried cohabiting couples,[105] but later admitted that the true figure was almost half a million. The Christian Democratic Party filed a complaint in June 2018.[106] On 10 April 2019, the referendum was declared invalid by the Federal Supreme Court, which ordered a re-vote.[107] Days later, it was reported that a majority of the parliamentary bloc of the Christian Democratic Party opposed the initiative in its current form and wanted the definition of marriage to be removed. According to the Tages-Anzeiger, the party was hoping that the Parliament would propose an alternative measure to eliminate the tax discrimination against married couples, so the party could withdraw its initiative without losing face.[108][109][110][111][112][113]

It was subsequently reported that the referendum would not be rerun as the Federal Council could either set a date for a new referendum, or establish a new law to go through the Federal Parliament. In the latter scenario, the Christian Democrats would have had the opportunity to withdraw their initiative, which was the party's preferred option. The vice-president of the party, Charles Juillard, said, "The party is ready to withdraw its initiative if the Federal Council puts an end to the tax penalty of marriage and the discrimination of spouses vis-à-vis the AVS [Old-age and survivors' insurance]."[114][115] In early January 2020, the party chose to withdraw its initiative and announced it would begin collecting signatures for a second popular initiative. This initiative would again seek to equalise fiscal rights and social security benefits between married couples and unmarried cohabiting couples, but, unlike the previous one, it would not introduce a specific definition of marriage.[116]

Parliamentary initiative "Marriage for All"

Parliamentary deliberations

The first legislative proposal to legalise same-sex marriage was introduced by Greens MP Ruth Genner in December 1998. The National Council tabled the measure in December 1999.[117]

In December 2013, the Green Liberal Party submitted a parliamentary initiative, "Marriage for All",[b] for a constitutional amendment to legalise same-sex marriage.[118][119] On 20 February 2015, the Committee for Legal Affairs of the National Council voted to proceed with the initiative, by 12 votes to 9 with 1 abstention.[120] A petition supporting the measure was launched in May 2015. The signatures were submitted to the Legal Affairs Committee of the Council of States before it discussed the proposal, hoping to persuade the committee members to support it.[121][122] On 1 September 2015, the committee voted by 7 votes to 5 to proceed with the initiative.[123] The National Council's Legal Affairs Committee was then tasked to draft an act within two years (per Article 111 of the Constitution), i.e. by 2017. However, due to the complexity of the legal reform, it proposed on 11 May 2017 to extend the initiative's deadline by another two years (i.e. by 2019) and ask the government administration for further study of the issue.[124][125] A minority consisting of the Swiss People's Party (SVP/UDC) wanted to block the initiative. On 16 June 2017, the National Council voted by 118–71 in favour of the committee's proposal to extend the deadline to 2019.[126][127][128]

The Legal Affairs Committee published its report on 17 May 2018, the International Day Against Homophobia. The committee recommended amending the Swiss Civil Code to remove the heterosexual definition of marriage and insert a gender-neutral definition. It also recommended amendments to the 1953 civil registration law, which defined marriage as being between a man and a woman, as well as to other laws, including laws relating to naturalisation.[129][130][131] According to the committee and the Federal Department of Justice and Police, the proposal would automatically legalise joint adoption by married same-sex couples. As such, the committee recommended no changes to adoption law, which allows married couples to adopt without explicitly defining the term "marriage".[132] On 6 July 2018, the committee voted against rejecting the initiative altogether, by 18–1, and subsequently voted to recommend the Federal Parliament to approve the initiative by 14 votes to 11. The committee concluded that the legalisation of same-sex marriage did not require amending the Swiss Federal Constitution, and that it could be achieved through changes to statutory law. Therefore, the Swiss electorate would not necessarily be called to vote on the initiative (though opponents could still force a referendum on the issue, which would require a simple majority of those voting to succeed). Despite opposition from LGBT groups,[133] the committee decided not to include the right of lesbian couples to access assisted reproductive technology so that the initiative would have a higher chance of approval.[134][135][136] In early July 2018, Operation Libero began collecting signatures in favour of same-sex marriage to persuade Parliament to legalise it, collecting 30,000 signatures within a week.[133]

On 14 February 2019, the committee approved the bill to allow same-sex marriage by 19 to 4 with one abstention. It was sent out for public consultation. The bill would end registered partnerships, and couples would be able to convert their partnership into marriage.[137][138][139][140] The consultation started on 14 March and lasted until 21 June 2019.[141][142] It showed wide support for the legalisation of same-sex marriage among all main political parties,[143] with the exception of the Swiss People's Party, and among 22 of the 26 cantonal governments.[144]

In January 2020, the Federal Council expressed its support for the same-sex marriage bill.[145] On 11 June 2020, the National Council approved the bill with amendments allowing access to fertility treatments for lesbian couples in a 132–52 vote.[146][147][148][149][150] The bill was supported by the Social Democrats, the Liberals, the Greens, the Green Liberals and the Conservative Democrats, while the Swiss People's Party was mostly opposed. The Christian Democrats announced they would support the bill if access to fertility treatments for lesbian couples was excluded.[151] The bill passed the Council of States on 1 December 2020 with some minor amendments concerning fertility treatments, by a vote of 22–15 with 7 abstentions. It narrowly defeated, 22 to 20, a motion that would have required a constitutional amendment (which would have delayed the bill by years and mandated a referendum requiring a double majority of the people and the cantons).[152] On 9 December, the National Council approved the changes made by the Council of States by 133 votes to 57 with 1 abstention.[153][154][155] The final vote in both chambers took place on 18 December 2020. The Council of States approved the bill by 24 votes to 11 with 7 abstentions,[156] and the National Council approved it by 136 votes to 48 with 9 abstentions.[157]

18 December 2020 vote in the National Council (final vote)[158]
Party Voted for Voted against Abstained Absent (Did not vote)
  Swiss People's Party (SVP/UDC)
14
  • Céline Amaudruz
  • Martina Bircher
  • Lars Guggisberg
  • Diana Gutjahr
  • Thomas Hurter
  • Christian Imark
  • Jacques Nicolet
  • Pierre-André Page
  • Nadja Pieren
  • Lukas Reimann
  • Sandra Sollberger-Muff
  • Barbara Steinemann
  • Hans-Ueli Vogt
  • Walter Wobmann
33
  • Jean-Luc Addor
  • Thomas Aeschi
  • Roland Büchel
  • Thomas Burgherr
  • Thomas de Courten
  • Marcel Dettling
  • Yvette Estermann
  • Andrea Geissbühler
  • Benjamin Giezendanner
  • Andreas Glarner
  • Jean-Pierre Grin-Hofmann
  • Frank Grüter
  • Martin Haab
  • Stefanie Heimgartner
  • Verena Herzog
  • Erich Hess
  • Alois Huber
  • Peter Keller
  • Roger Köppel
  • Piero Marchesi
  • Thomas Matter
  • Yves Nidegger
  • Albert Rösti
  • Monika Rüegger
  • Franz Ruppen
  • Gregor Rutz
  • Therese Schläpfer
  • Pirmin Schwander
  • Manuel Strupler
  • Mauro Tuena
  • Erich von Siebenthal
  • Bruno Walliser
  • David Zuberbühler
5
  • Michaël Buffat
  • Mike Egger
  • Esther Friedli
  • Alfred Heer
  • Magdalena Martullo-Blocher
1
  Social Democratic Party (SP/PS)
36
  • Matthias Aebischer
  • Mustafa Atici
  • Jacqueline Badran
  • Samuel Bendahan
  • Prisca Birrer-Heimo
  • Brigitte Crottaz
  • Christian Dandrès
  • Laurence Fehlmann Rielle
  • Yvonne Feri
  • Pierre-Alain Fridez
  • Claudia Friedl
  • Edith Graf-Litscher
  • Barbara Gysi
  • Baptiste Hurni
  • Beat Jans
  • Sandra Locher Benguerel
  • Pierre-Yves Maillard
  • Ada Marra
  • Min Li Marti
  • Samira Marti
  • Mattea Meyer
  • Fabian Molina
  • Martina Munz
  • Roger Nordmann
  • Eric Nussbaumer
  • Valérie Piller Carrard
  • Jon Pult
  • Mathias Reynard
  • Franziska Roth
  • Ursula Schneider Schüttel
  • Prisca Seiler Graf
  • Bruno Storni
  • Gabriela Suter
  • Flavia Wasserfallen
  • Cédric Wermuth
  • Céline Widmer
 - -
3
  FDP.The Liberals (FDP/PLR)
29
  • Frédéric Borloz
  • Jacques Bourgeois
  • Rocco Cattaneo
  • Damien Cottier
  • Simone de Montmollin
  • Jacqueline de Quattro
  • Marcel Dobler
  • Christoph Eymann
  • Alex Farinelli
  • Olivier Feller
  • Doris Fiala
  • Kurt Fluri
  • Anna Giacometti
  • Petra Gössi
  • Matthias Jauslin
  • Christian Lüscher
  • Christa Markwalder
  • Isabelle Moret
  • Philippe Nantermod
  • Hans-Peter Portmann
  • Maja Riniker
  • Regine Sauter
  • Daniela Schneeberger
  • Andri Silberschmidt
  • Susanne Vincenz-Stauffacher
  • Albert Vitali
  • Beat Walti
  • Christian Wassfallen
  • Laurent Wehrli
 - - -
  Green Party (GPS/PES)
28
  • Gerhard Andrey
  • Sibel Arslan
  • Christine Badertscher
  • Kilian Baumann
  • Daniel Brélaz
  • Florence Brenzikofer
  • Christophe Clivaz
  • Kurt Egger
  • Fabien Fivaz
  • Bastien Girod
  • Balthasar Glättli
  • Greta Gysin
  • Irène Kälin
  • Delphine Klopfenstein Broggini
  • Sophie Michaud Gigon
  • Isabelle Pasquier-Eichenberger
  • Léonore Porchet
  • Katharina Precliz-Huber
  • Valentine Python
  • Franziska Ryser
  • Regula Rytz
  • Marionna Schlatter
  • Meret Schneider
  • Michael Töngi
  • Aline Trede
  • Nicolas Walder
  • Manuela Weichelt-Picard
  • Felix Wettstein
 - - -
  Christian Democratic People's Party (CVP/PDC)
9
  • Marianne Binder-Keller
  • Ida Glanzmann-Hunkeler
  • Philipp Kutter
  • Vincent Maitre
  • Stefan Müller-Altermatt
  • Marie-France Roth Pasquier
  • Elisabeth Schneider-Schneiter
  • Simon Stadler
  • Priska Wismer-Felder
11
  • Philipp Matthias Bregy
  • Martin Candinas
  • Alois Gmür
  • Jean-Paul Gschwind
  • Sidney Kamerzin
  • Christian Lohr
  • Leo Müller
  • Thomas Rechsteiner
  • Fabio Regazzi
  • Benjamin Roduit
  • Marco Romano
4
1
  • Christine Bulliard-Marbach
  Green Liberal Party (glp/pvl)
15
  • Martin Bäumle
  • Judith Bellaïche
  • Kathrin Bertschy
  • Thomas Brunner
  • Isabelle Chevalley
  • Katja Christ
  • Roland Fischer
  • Beat Flach
  • Corina Gredig
  • Jörg Mäder
  • Michel Matter
  • Melanie Mettler
  • Tiana Angelina Moser
  • François Pointet
  • Barbara Schaffner
 - -
1
  • Jürg Grossen
  Conservative Democratic Party (BDP/PBD)
3
 - - -
  Evangelical People's Party (EVP/PEV) -
3
 - -
  Ticino League (Lega)
1
  • Lorenzo Quadri
 - - -
  Solidarity (solidaritéS) - - -
1
  • Stefania Prezioso
  Swiss Party of Labour (PdA/PST-POP)
1
  • Denis de la Reussille
 - - -
  Federal Democratic Union (EDU/UDF) -
1
  • Andreas Gafner
 - -
Total 136 48 9 7
18 December 2020 vote in the Council of States (final vote)[159]
Party Voted for Voted against Abstained Absent (Did not vote)
  Christian Democratic People's Party (CVP/PDC)
4
  • Erich Ettlin (OW)
  • Andrea Gmür-Schönenberger (LU)
  • Brigitte Häberli-Koller (TG)
  • Charles Juillard (JU)
5
  • Stefan Engler (GR)
  • Daniel Fässler (AI)
  • Peter Hegglin (ZG)
  • Marianne Maret (VS)
  • Beat Rieder (VS)
3
  • Pirmin Bischof (SO)
  • Benedikt Würth (SG)
  • Heidi Z'graggen (UR)
1
  • Othmar Reichmuth (SZ)
  FDP.The Liberals (FDP/PLR)
7
  • Philippe Bauer (NE)
  • Thierry Burkart (AG)
  • Andrea Caroni (AR)
  • Olivier Français (VD)
  • Johanna Gapany (FR)
  • Matthias Michel (ZG)
  • Damian Müller (LU)
 -
4
  • Josef Dittli (UR)
  • Thomas Hefti (GL)
  • Martin Schmid (GR)
  • Hans Wicki (NW)
1
  Social Democratic Party (SP/PS)
9
 - - -
  Swiss People's Party (SVP/UDC) -
5
 -
1
  Green Party (GPS/PES)
4
 - -
1
  • Céline Vara (NE)
  Independent -
1
 - -
Total 24 11 7 4

Referendum

 
Results of the 2021 same-sex marriage referendum by canton, 26 September 2021
Main article: 2021 Swiss same-sex marriage referendum

In Switzerland's system of semi-direct democracy, a statute is subject to a popular referendum if opponents collect 50,000 signatures demanding one within three months. The right-wing Federal Democratic Union (EDU/UDF), supported by politicians from the Swiss People's Party and the Christian Democratic People's Party,[160] collected 61,027 signatures with the slogan "Yes to marriage and family, no to marriage for everyone".[161] The Federal Chancellery validated the signatures on 27 April. In response to the announcement that opponents had gathered the necessary signatures, Operation Libero collected more than 100,000 signatures in support of same-sex marriage by late April 2021.[162]

The referendum, in which passage of the bill required a simple majority of the popular vote,[163] took place on Sunday, 26 September 2021.[164][165] 64.1% of voters and all cantons supported the amendment. The vote made Switzerland the 30th country to introduce same-sex marriage, and one of the last in Western Europe.[166][167]

Amendment to the Swiss Civil Code (Marriage for All)[168][169]
Choice Votes %
  Yes 1,828,642 64.10
No 1,024,307 35.90
Valid votes 2,852,949 98.27
Invalid or blank votes 50,279 1.73
Total votes 2,903,228 100.00
Registered voters/turnout 5,519,168 52.60

Federal Councillor Karin Keller-Sutter announced in a press conference later that Sunday evening that the legislation adopted in the referendum would enter into force on 1 July 2022.[170] The first weddings of same-sex couples took place on that date.[171][172]

The legislation amended article 94 of the Swiss Civil Code to read:

  • in German: Die Ehe kann von zwei Personen eingegangen werden, die das 18. Altersjahr zurückgelegt haben und urteilsfähig sind.
  • in French: Le mariage peut être contracté par deux personnes âgées de 18 ans révolus et capables de discernement.
  • in Italian: Per contrarre matrimonio, gli sposi devono aver compiuto il diciottesimo anno d'età ed essere capaci di discernimento.
  • in Romansh: Pudair maridar pon duas persunas che han cumplenì il 18avel onn da vegliadetgna e ch'èn ablas da giuditgar.
(To be able to marry, the prospective spouses must have reached 18 years of age and have the capacity of judgement)

Provisions of the same-sex marriage law relating to the recognition of foreign marriages came into force on 1 January 2022. Same-sex couples who have married abroad will now have their union recognized as a marriage rather than a registered partnership.[173]

Marrriage statistics

749 same-sex marriages were performed in Switzerland in 2022, with most being performed in Zürich, the Lake Geneva area and the Bern-Mittelland region.[174]

Year Marriages
between women		 Marriages
between men		 Same-sex
marriages		 Conversions from
partnerships
2022 355 394 749 2,234

Religious performance

In 2019, the Protestant Church of Switzerland voted to support the opening of civil marriage for same-sex couples, with its executive council voting 45–10 in favor.[175][84] A majority of member churches allow same-sex marriages to be blessed in their places of worship, including those of the cantons of Aargau,[176] Appenzell,[176] Basel-Landschaft,[177] Basel-Stadt,[177] Fribourg,[177][178] Geneva,[177] Glarus,[176] Graubünden,[177] Lucerne,[177] Neuchâtel,[179] Nidwalden,[177][180] Obwalden,[177] St. Gallen,[177] Schaffhausen,[177] Schwyz,[177] Thurgau,[176] Ticino,[177][181] Valais,[176] Vaud,[182][183][184] Zürich,[177][185] and Zug.[177] Pastors are under no obligation to bless same-sex unions if this would contravene their personal beliefs. The Reformed Churches of the Canton Bern-Jura-Solothurn will allow its clergy to officiate at same-sex marriages from mid-2023.[186] Some other member churches, including the Evangelical-Reformed Church of the Canton of Solothurn,[187] the Evangelical Free Church of Geneva and the Evangelical Reformed Church of Uri do not allow their clergy to officiate at same-sex weddings.[177]

In August 2020, the Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland voted to allow its priests to perform same-sex marriages in its churches.[188][189] The measure went into force on 1 July 2022, the same day same-sex marriage became legal in Switzerland.[190] The church has also allowed its priests to bless same-sex partnerships since 2007.[191]

The Catholic Church opposes same-sex marriage. In June 2019, the Swiss Union of Catholic Women voted to support the introduction of civil same-sex marriage.[192] In May 2021, the Catholic News Agency reported that Catholic churches in Zürich had joined churches in many German cities in blessing same-sex couples, in ceremonies known as "blessing services for lovers" (German: Segnungsgottesdienste für Liebende).[193]

The Swiss Federation of Jewish Communities, an umbrella organisation representing a majority of Switzerland's Jewish communities, voted to support civil same-sex marriage in 2019 as a matter of "personal freedom and individual autonomy", while also stating that a religious marriage under Jewish law could only be between heterosexual couples.[194] Reform Jewish organisations also support civil same-sex marriages.[81]

Public opinion

According to an Ifop poll conducted in May 2013, 63% of the Swiss public supported allowing same-sex couples to marry and adopt children.[195] After the Legal Affairs Committee's decision to approve same-sex marriage, two opinion polls released on 22 February 2015 showed support of 54% (Léger for Blick)[196] and 71% (gfs group for the SonntagsZeitung)[197] for allowing same-sex couples to marry and adopt children.

A poll carried out between April and May 2016 showed that 69% of the Swiss population supported same-sex marriage, 25% opposed and 6% were unsure. 94% of Green voters, 59% of voters from the Swiss People's Party and 63% of Christian Democratic voters supported it.[198][199]

A poll by Tamedia conducted on 5 and 6 December 2017 found that 45% of the Swiss population supported both same-sex marriage and adoption, 27% supported only same-sex marriage, 3% supported only same-sex adoption and 24% were against both.[200] The poll thus found a 72% majority in favour of same-sex marriage. Green, Social Democratic and Green Liberal voters were the most supportive: 88% in favour, 9% against and 3% undecided. 76% of Liberal voters supported the legalisation of same-sex marriage, while 22% opposed it, and 66% of Christian Democratic voters and 56% of Swiss People's Party voters supported same-sex marriage.[201]

A Pew Research Center poll, conducted between April and August 2017 and published in May 2018, showed that 75% of Swiss people supported same-sex marriage, 24% were opposed and 1% did not know or refused to answer.[202] When divided by religion, 89% of religiously unaffiliated people, 80% of non-practicing Christians and 58% of church-attending Christians supported same-sex marriage.[203] Opposition was 16% among 18–34-year-olds.[204]

A public consultation held between March and June 2019 showed wide societal and political support for same-sex marriage in Switzerland. 83% of the participants to the consultation expressed support, and 63% expressed support for sperm donation and access to artificial insemination for lesbian couples.[205]

A February 2020 survey, conducted by the gfs group and requested by Pink Cross, found a 81% majority in favour of same-sex marriage (63% "strongly" supporting and 18% "somewhat" supporting), whereas 18% were opposed (10% "strongly" and 8% "somewhat") and 1% was undecided. By party, 96% of Greens, 92% of Social Democrats and Green Liberals, 77% of Liberals and 67% of Swiss People's Party voters supported same-sex marriage.[206] Adoption was supported by 67% of respondents and access to fertility treatments for lesbian couples by 66%.[207] In November 2020, another poll conducted by the gfs group found that 82% of respondents "strongly" or "somewhat" supported same-sex marriage, 17% were opposed and 1% were undecided; 72% supported adoption and 70% supported access to fertility treatments for lesbian couples.[208]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ French: Le droit d'enregistrer un partenariat pour les couples de même sexe est garanti.
    German: Das Recht zur Eintragung einer Partnerschaft für gleichgeschlechtliche Paare ist gewährleistet.
  2. ^ German: Ehe für alle, Swiss Standard German pronunciation: [ˈeːə fyːr ˈalə]; French: Mariage pour tous, pronounced [maʁjaʒ puʁ tus]; Italian: Matrimonio per tutti, pronounced [matriˈmɔːnjo per ˈtutti]; Romansh: Lètg per tuts, pronounced [lɛtɕ pɛr tuts].
  3. ^ a b The presidents of the National Council and the Council of States vote only in case of a tied vote in the chamber.

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External links

  • Bundesgesetz über die eingetragene Partnerschaft gleichgeschlechtlicher Paare (Partnerschaftsgesetz, PartG), Fedlex (in German)
  • Loi fédérale sur le partenariat enregistré entre personnes du même sexe (Loi sur le partenariat, LPart), Fedlex (in French)
  • Legge federale sull'unione domestica registrata di coppie omosessuali (Legge sull'unione domestica registrata, LUD), Fedlex (in Italian)
  • History of the same-sex marriage legislation in the Federal Assembly of Switzerland

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same, marriage, switzerland, been, legal, since, july, 2022, legislation, open, marriage, same, couples, passed, swiss, parliament, december, 2020, challenged, referendum, september, 2021, opponents, same, marriage, approved, with, support, voters, majority, c. Same sex marriage in Switzerland has been legal since 1 July 2022 Legislation to open marriage to same sex couples passed the Swiss Parliament in December 2020 The law was challenged in a referendum on 26 September 2021 by opponents of same sex marriage and was approved with the support of 64 of voters and a majority in all 26 cantons The law went into force on 1 July 2022 A provision of the law permitting same sex marriages performed abroad to be recognised in Switzerland took effect on 1 January 2022 Switzerland allowed registered partnerships for same sex couples from 1 January 2007 following a 2005 referendum These partnerships provided most but not all of the rights and benefits of marriage After the introduction of same sex marriage on 1 July 2022 registered partnerships were no longer available Contents 1 Registered partnerships 1 1 Adoption and parenting 1 2 Statistics 2 Cantonal laws 2 1 Cohabitation 2 2 Registered partnerships 2 3 Marriage 3 Same sex marriage 3 1 Political parties and support 3 2 Popular initiative For the couple and the family 3 2 1 Referendum 3 3 Parliamentary initiative Marriage for All 3 3 1 Parliamentary deliberations 3 3 2 Referendum 3 4 Marrriage statistics 3 5 Religious performance 4 Public opinion 5 See also 6 Notes 7 References 8 External linksRegistered partnerships Edit Results of the 2005 registered partnership referendum by canton 5 June 2005 In a nationwide referendum on 5 June 2005 Swiss voters approved a registered partnership law by 58 granting same sex couples the same rights and protections as married couples in terms of next of kin status taxation social security insurance and shared possession of a dwelling However same sex couples would not have the same rights in terms of joint adoption of children access to fertility treatments and facilitated Swiss naturalisation of the foreign partner Swiss law provides a faster route to citizenship for the spouse of a Swiss citizen but did not recognise same sex marriages conducted in foreign countries instead classing them as registered partnerships The official title of the same sex union is eingetragene Partnerschaft in German partenariat enregistre in French unione domestica registrata in Italian and partenadi registra in Romansh The bill was passed by the National Council 118 to 50 1 on 3 December 2003 and by the Council of States on 3 June 2004 by 33 votes to 5 with minor changes 2 3 The National Council approved it again on 18 June by a vote of 112 to 51 but the conservative Federal Democratic Union collected signatures to force a referendum 4 5 Subsequently the Swiss people voted 58 in favor of the bill on 5 June 2005 6 The law came into effect on 1 January 2007 7 Switzerland was the first nation to pass a same sex union law by referendum Federal Act on registered partnerships of same sex couples 8 Choice Votes Yes 1 559 848 58 04No 1 127 520 41 96Valid votes 2 687 368 98 30Invalid or blank votes 46 470 1 70Total votes 2 733 838 100 00Registered voters turnout 4 837 844 56 51At the end of August 2008 the Federal Supreme Court ruled that long term same sex partners were entitled to the same vested benefits from the pension of the deceased as equivalent opposite sex partners have A shared apartment is not necessary 9 The ability to enter into a registered partnership was closed off on 1 July 2022 No further partnerships are granted in Switzerland and couples may retain their status as registered partners or convert their union into a recognized marriage Adoption and parenting Edit Article 27 of the partnership law treats the matter of the partner s child ren The law states that the partner of the biological or adoptive parent must provide financial support for their partner s child and also possesses the full legal authority to represent the child in every matter as being the parent s partner It also states that in the case of the dissolution of the partnership the ex partner has the right to keep close ties with the child 10 This gives couples a real role in being parents In 2010 Swiss LGBT organisations started a petition Same Chances For All Families demanding more adoption rights On 30 September 2011 the National Council considered the petition but ultimately voted 83 97 against it 11 However the debate and close vote provided a view on how attitudes on the issue had changed as for example Maja Ingold MP for the Evangelical People s Party spoke for more recognition of gay and lesbian parents although her party had campaigned against the registered partnership law in 2005 It became clear that while there was no majority for full joint adoption allowing adoption of the partner s child i e stepchild adoption could gather majority support in Parliament The Council of States accepted the petition and the Legal Affairs Committee approved a motion from MP Claude Janiak backing the right to full joint adoption regardless of marital status or sexual orientation In November 2011 the committee voted unanimously in favour including members of the conservative Swiss People s Party 12 In February 2012 the Federal Council responded by informing the Council of States that they were in favour of stepchild adoption but against full joint adoption rights 13 On 14 March 2012 the Council of States approved 21 19 the full extension of adoption rights to same sex couples regardless of marital status or sexual orientation 14 As the National Council had originally voted against it in September 2011 the bill had to be voted on again by the chamber which did so on 13 December 2012 as it voted 113 64 to grant a person in a registered partnership the right to adopt biological or adopted children that their partner had before the start of the partnership 15 However the motion granting full adoption rights approved by the Council of States was rejected by the National Council 16 On 4 March 2013 the new version approved by the National Council on 13 December was accepted by the Council of States by a majority of 26 16 17 In November 2014 taking into account the parliamentary votes the Federal Council approved allowing the adoption of the partner s child as part of a larger adoption reform 18 19 The bill would permit registered partners and cohabiting couples both same sex and different sex to petition to adopt and would also lower the minimum age to adopt from 35 to 28 The legislation had to be approved by Parliament though opponents had already announced they would force an optional referendum 20 For such a referendum to occur citizens opposing the law had to gather 50 000 signatures within 100 days In January 2016 the Council of States Legal Affairs Committee voted 7 to 3 with one abstention to approve the bill 21 On 8 March 2016 the Council of States voted 25 14 in favor 22 23 Federal Councillor Simonetta Sommaruga expressed her support for the bill and argued that it was necessary to legally protect children already raised by same sex couples On 13 May 2016 the National Council s Legal Affairs Committee voted 15 9 to approve the bill 24 The following day it was approved by the National Council in a 113 64 vote 25 26 Differing texts caused the two chambers to agree on a final slightly modified version of the bill that was passed in Parliament on 17 June 2016 by a vote of 125 68 with 3 abstentions 27 28 Following the final vote in Parliament a referendum committee was established including members of several different political parties with the aim of forcing a referendum on the bill No major party supported the committee 29 30 On 4 October 2016 it was confirmed that the referendum would not take place as only 20 000 signatures had been collected 31 The law took effect on 1 January 2018 32 33 Statistics Edit The first same sex partnership was registered on 2 January 2007 in the Italian speaking canton of Ticino 7 By the end of 2021 12 133 same sex partnerships had taken place in Switzerland 34 Registered partnerships in Switzerland by year 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 TotalFemale 573 271 284 221 246 267 230 270 261 227 306 275 225 265 221 4 172Male 1 431 660 588 499 426 428 463 450 440 502 483 425 419 386 361 7 921Total 2 004 931 872 720 672 695 693 720 701 729 789 700 674 651 582 12 133Most partnerships were performed in the canton of Zurich at 3 725 followed by Vaud 1 322 Bern 1 255 Geneva 1 104 Aargau 644 Basel Stadt 485 St Gallen 421 Lucerne 409 Basel Landschaft 402 Ticino 332 Fribourg 325 Valais 289 Solothurn 275 Thurgau 250 Neuchatel 174 Zug 157 Schwyz 130 Graubunden 129 Schaffhausen 88 Jura 55 Appenzell Ausserrhoden 46 Glarus 29 Nidwalden 28 Obwalden 24 Uri 22 and Appenzell Innerrhoden 13 35 Cantonal laws Edit Same sex partnerships are allowed in Switzerland Image from a 2016 Lucerne cantonal government publication for refugees Cohabitation Edit Certain Swiss cantonal constitutions recognise and guarantee the right to cohabit and to found a family outside of marriage for both different sex and same sex couples these include among others the constitutions of Vaud 36 Zurich 37 Appenzell Ausserrhoden 38 Basel Stadt 39 Bern 40 Geneva 41 Zug 42 Schaffhausen 43 and Fribourg 44 Registered partnerships Edit The canton of Geneva has had a partnership law on a cantonal level since 2001 It grants unmarried couples both same sex and opposite sex many of the same rights responsibilities and protections as married couples However it does not allow benefits in taxation social security or health insurance premiums unlike the federal law The law is based on the French civil solidarity pact 45 46 47 48 In autumn 2016 the Department of Public Instruction of Geneva introduced new forms in schools allowing same sex parents to be recognized the previous forms with boxes for father and mother were replaced with two boxes listing parents 49 On 22 September 2002 the canton of Zurich passed a same sex partnership law by referendum 62 7 in favor that goes further than Geneva s law but requires couples to live together for six months before registering 50 In July 2004 the Grand Council of Neuchatel passed a law recognizing unmarried couples with 65 votes to 38 51 52 Registered partnerships for same sex couples are recognized in the Constitution of the canton of Fribourg 53 In May 2004 voters approved the Constitution with 58 03 in favor and 41 97 against 54 It took effect on 1 January 2005 Article 14 2 states The right to register a partnership for same sex couples is guaranteed a Marriage Edit On 6 June 2016 the Cantonal Council of Zurich rejected by a vote of 110 52 a proposal that would have defined marriage as a union between one man and one woman in the Constitution of Zurich The proposal introduced by the Federal Democratic Union EDU UDF sought to constitutionally ban same sex marriage in the canton 55 56 EDU and most members of the Swiss People s Party were in favor of the measure while all other parties including the Christian Democratic People s Party and the Evangelical People s Party were opposed The EDU subsequently gathered 6 000 signatures to force a cantonal referendum on the issue The referendum took place on 27 November 2016 where the proposal was overwhelmingly rejected 80 9 voted against it while 19 1 voted in favor 57 Voters in Zurich s Aussersihl and Industriequartier districts voted No by more than 92 58 All municipalities rejected the proposal Initiative Schutz der Ehe Choice Votes No 319 501 80 91Yes 75 362 19 09Total votes 404 025 100 00Registered voters turnout 893 285 45 63 Same sex marriage Edit Laws regarding same sex partnerships in Europe Marriage Civil union Limited domestic recognition cohabitation Limited foreign recognition residency rights Unrecognized Constitution limits marriage to opposite sex couples May include recent laws or court decisions that have not yet entered into effect vte In 2012 Parliament requested that the executive Swiss Federal Council examine how to update family law to reflect changes in society 59 In March 2015 the council released its governmental report about marriage and new rights for families raising the possibility of the introduction of registered partnerships for straight couples and marriage for gay and lesbian couples 60 Federal Councillor Simonetta Sommaruga in charge of the Federal Department of Justice and Police also stated she hoped that gay and lesbian couples would soon be allowed to marry 61 Political parties and support Edit Same sex marriage is supported by the Green Party GPS PES 62 the Conservative Democratic Party BDP PBD the Social Democratic Party SP PS the Green Liberal Party glp pvl the Swiss Party of Labour PdA PST POP 63 The Liberals FDP PLR 64 the Christian Democratic People s Party CVP PDC 65 66 67 and Solidarity 68 The Swiss People s Party SVP UDC the Evangelical People s Party EVP PEV the Ticino League and the Federal Democratic Union EDU UDF are mostly opposed In 2017 the CVP president Gerhard Pfister said he believed that around two thirds of CVP lawmakers opposed same sex marriage However a 2019 survey showed that about 83 of CVP candidates running in the October 2019 federal election were in favour of same sex marriage 69 The same survey showed that 48 of SVP candidates were in favour In April 2018 the women s wing of The Liberals voted by 56 votes to 2 to support same sex marriage 70 On 26 January 2019 the national Swiss People s Party adopted a new party programme A proposal to strike the party s opposition to same sex marriage was rejected by the delegates with a vote of 166 to 126 71 During a 2019 public consultation on the legalisation of same sex marriage the governments of Geneva Vaud Zurich Bern 72 Basel Stadt Basel Landschaft Aargau Luzern Valais Schaffhausen Graubunden Ticino Fribourg Neuchatel St Gallen Solothurn Jura Glarus Appenzell Ausserrhoden Zug Uri and Thurgau expressed support for the opening of marriage to same sex couples 73 74 75 76 77 while the governments of Schwyz Nidwalden Appenzell Innerrhoden and Obwalden expressed opposition 78 79 80 Several organisations and associations also came out in support including LGBT and feminist groups Operation Libero the National Ethics Committee ProFamilia CH the Swiss Psychological Society and religious groups such as the Old Catholic Church the Protestant Church of Switzerland and the Swiss Federation of Jewish Communities Opposition was found mainly among pro life and religious groups including the Episcopal Conference of Switzerland 81 On 15 August 2019 Gottfried Locher president of the Protestant Church of Switzerland declared his personal support for same sex marriage 82 83 In November 2019 the Protestant Church voted to support the opening of marriage to same sex couples 84 85 This followed a June 2019 statement from the church We are created by God We cannot choose our sexual orientation We perceive it as an expression of creative fullness Popular initiative For the couple and the family Edit In 2011 the Christian Democratic People s Party CVP PDC began gathering signatures for a popular initiative entitled For the couple and the family No to the penalty of marriage German Fur Ehe und Familie gegen die Heiratsstrafe French Pour le couple et la famille Non a la penalisation du mariage Italian Per il matrimonio e la famiglia No agli svantaggi per le coppie sposate Romansh Per la letg e la famiglia Na als dischavantatgs per pers maridads This initiative sought to amend article 14 of the Swiss Federal Constitution to equalise fiscal rights and social security benefits between married couples and unmarried cohabiting couples However the text would have also introduced a definition of marriage for the first time specifically the sole union between a man and a woman 86 Under Swiss law cohabiting unmarried couples are entitled to two full pensions However the pension of married couples is limited to 150 of the maximum pension per person meaning that if both partners earn relatively well during their working life they receive only one and a half times the maximum pension instead of two full pensions 87 In November 2012 signature gathering ended and the initiative was submitted The Federal Council reviewed the initiative and decided to support it formally asking Parliament in October 2013 to recommend that voters approve the initiative 88 On 10 December 2014 the National Council discussed the initiative The Greens proposed to amend the bill stating that any forms of unions could not be penalised and the Green Liberals proposed to amend the bill so that marriage and all the other forms of union defined by the law could not be penalised 89 The debate opposed mainly the Swiss People s Party and the Christian Democrats to the Green Liberals the Greens the Social Democrats and the Conservative Democrats The Liberals were mostly divided on the issue 90 The Swiss People s Party and the Christian Democrats stated their opposition to any form of homophobia On the other hand the opposing parties highlighted the discrimination that would be introduced by the initiative and called for a future definition of marriage that would include same sex couples Some MPs called the Christian Democrats a retrograde party 91 After having rejected both counter propositions from the Greens and the Green Liberals the National Council finally approved a suggestion from the Commission for Economic Affairs and Taxation which retained the spirit of the initiative but removed the definition of marriage as exclusively between a man and a woman This counter proposition was approved 102 86 thus rejecting the popular initiative and recommending to the Swiss electorate to reject the initiative and accept the counter proposition 92 The Council of States approved the counter proposition on 4 March 2015 in a 24 19 vote 93 The debate in the upper house also mainly focused on the definition of marriage though the idea of equal fiscal rights and equal social security benefits between married couples and unmarried cohabiting couples was unopposed 94 A few Liberal members changed their mind and the counter proposition was rejected in the Council of States in a later vote A subsequent conciliation conference in June 2015 of both chambers of Parliament decided to recommend rejecting the original initiative 95 On 19 June 2015 the formal order of Parliament recommending voters to reject the initiative was published 96 On 17 November 2015 the Federal Council also recommended rejecting the initiative It had supported the initiative two years earlier but now was obliged to change its position because Parliament was opposed 97 98 Referendum Edit The Christian Democrats proposal was put to a referendum on 28 February 2016 99 with voters deciding whether to define marriage as a durable cohabitation of a man and a woman that must not be disadvantaged in comparison of other lifestyles 100 thus prohibiting same sex marriage in the Swiss Federal Constitution Amongst parliamentary parties the Christian Democrats apart from the Young Christian Democrats of Zurich and Geneva which had declared opposition to the initiative of their parent party 101 102 the national conservative Swiss People s Party and the conservative Evangelical People s Party campaigned for a Yes vote Meanwhile the Social Democrats the Liberals the Greens the Conservative Democrats and the Green Liberals opposed the text and campaigned for a No vote along with Amnesty International Switzerland Economiesuisse the Swiss Federation of Trade Unions and Operation Libero A month before the vote various polls showed 67 support 22 January 2016 and 53 support 17 February 2016 103 On 28 February 2016 the initiative was rejected by 50 8 of voters with 1 609 328 in favor and 1 664 217 against a margin of 54 979 votes The majority of the cantons approved the initiative 16 5 to 6 5 with the cantons of Geneva Vaud Bern Zurich Grisons Basel Stadt Basel Landschaft and Appenzell Ausserrhoden opposing the initiative 104 During the referendum campaign the Swiss Government informed voters that about 80 000 married couples were paying more tax than unmarried cohabiting couples 105 but later admitted that the true figure was almost half a million The Christian Democratic Party filed a complaint in June 2018 106 On 10 April 2019 the referendum was declared invalid by the Federal Supreme Court which ordered a re vote 107 Days later it was reported that a majority of the parliamentary bloc of the Christian Democratic Party opposed the initiative in its current form and wanted the definition of marriage to be removed According to the Tages Anzeiger the party was hoping that the Parliament would propose an alternative measure to eliminate the tax discrimination against married couples so the party could withdraw its initiative without losing face 108 109 110 111 112 113 It was subsequently reported that the referendum would not be rerun as the Federal Council could either set a date for a new referendum or establish a new law to go through the Federal Parliament In the latter scenario the Christian Democrats would have had the opportunity to withdraw their initiative which was the party s preferred option The vice president of the party Charles Juillard said The party is ready to withdraw its initiative if the Federal Council puts an end to the tax penalty of marriage and the discrimination of spouses vis a vis the AVS Old age and survivors insurance 114 115 In early January 2020 the party chose to withdraw its initiative and announced it would begin collecting signatures for a second popular initiative This initiative would again seek to equalise fiscal rights and social security benefits between married couples and unmarried cohabiting couples but unlike the previous one it would not introduce a specific definition of marriage 116 Parliamentary initiative Marriage for All Edit The Federal Palace in Bern houses the Swiss Federal Assembly Parliamentary deliberations Edit The first legislative proposal to legalise same sex marriage was introduced by Greens MP Ruth Genner in December 1998 The National Council tabled the measure in December 1999 117 In December 2013 the Green Liberal Party submitted a parliamentary initiative Marriage for All b for a constitutional amendment to legalise same sex marriage 118 119 On 20 February 2015 the Committee for Legal Affairs of the National Council voted to proceed with the initiative by 12 votes to 9 with 1 abstention 120 A petition supporting the measure was launched in May 2015 The signatures were submitted to the Legal Affairs Committee of the Council of States before it discussed the proposal hoping to persuade the committee members to support it 121 122 On 1 September 2015 the committee voted by 7 votes to 5 to proceed with the initiative 123 The National Council s Legal Affairs Committee was then tasked to draft an act within two years per Article 111 of the Constitution i e by 2017 However due to the complexity of the legal reform it proposed on 11 May 2017 to extend the initiative s deadline by another two years i e by 2019 and ask the government administration for further study of the issue 124 125 A minority consisting of the Swiss People s Party SVP UDC wanted to block the initiative On 16 June 2017 the National Council voted by 118 71 in favour of the committee s proposal to extend the deadline to 2019 126 127 128 The Legal Affairs Committee published its report on 17 May 2018 the International Day Against Homophobia The committee recommended amending the Swiss Civil Code to remove the heterosexual definition of marriage and insert a gender neutral definition It also recommended amendments to the 1953 civil registration law which defined marriage as being between a man and a woman as well as to other laws including laws relating to naturalisation 129 130 131 According to the committee and the Federal Department of Justice and Police the proposal would automatically legalise joint adoption by married same sex couples As such the committee recommended no changes to adoption law which allows married couples to adopt without explicitly defining the term marriage 132 On 6 July 2018 the committee voted against rejecting the initiative altogether by 18 1 and subsequently voted to recommend the Federal Parliament to approve the initiative by 14 votes to 11 The committee concluded that the legalisation of same sex marriage did not require amending the Swiss Federal Constitution and that it could be achieved through changes to statutory law Therefore the Swiss electorate would not necessarily be called to vote on the initiative though opponents could still force a referendum on the issue which would require a simple majority of those voting to succeed Despite opposition from LGBT groups 133 the committee decided not to include the right of lesbian couples to access assisted reproductive technology so that the initiative would have a higher chance of approval 134 135 136 In early July 2018 Operation Libero began collecting signatures in favour of same sex marriage to persuade Parliament to legalise it collecting 30 000 signatures within a week 133 On 14 February 2019 the committee approved the bill to allow same sex marriage by 19 to 4 with one abstention It was sent out for public consultation The bill would end registered partnerships and couples would be able to convert their partnership into marriage 137 138 139 140 The consultation started on 14 March and lasted until 21 June 2019 141 142 It showed wide support for the legalisation of same sex marriage among all main political parties 143 with the exception of the Swiss People s Party and among 22 of the 26 cantonal governments 144 In January 2020 the Federal Council expressed its support for the same sex marriage bill 145 On 11 June 2020 the National Council approved the bill with amendments allowing access to fertility treatments for lesbian couples in a 132 52 vote 146 147 148 149 150 The bill was supported by the Social Democrats the Liberals the Greens the Green Liberals and the Conservative Democrats while the Swiss People s Party was mostly opposed The Christian Democrats announced they would support the bill if access to fertility treatments for lesbian couples was excluded 151 The bill passed the Council of States on 1 December 2020 with some minor amendments concerning fertility treatments by a vote of 22 15 with 7 abstentions It narrowly defeated 22 to 20 a motion that would have required a constitutional amendment which would have delayed the bill by years and mandated a referendum requiring a double majority of the people and the cantons 152 On 9 December the National Council approved the changes made by the Council of States by 133 votes to 57 with 1 abstention 153 154 155 The final vote in both chambers took place on 18 December 2020 The Council of States approved the bill by 24 votes to 11 with 7 abstentions 156 and the National Council approved it by 136 votes to 48 with 9 abstentions 157 18 December 2020 vote in the National Council final vote 158 Party Voted for Voted against Abstained Absent Did not vote Swiss People s Party SVP UDC 14 Celine AmaudruzMartina BircherLars GuggisbergDiana GutjahrThomas HurterChristian ImarkJacques NicoletPierre Andre PageNadja PierenLukas ReimannSandra Sollberger MuffBarbara SteinemannHans Ueli VogtWalter Wobmann 33 Jean Luc AddorThomas AeschiRoland BuchelThomas BurgherrThomas de CourtenMarcel DettlingYvette EstermannAndrea GeissbuhlerBenjamin GiezendannerAndreas GlarnerJean Pierre Grin HofmannFrank GruterMartin HaabStefanie HeimgartnerVerena HerzogErich HessAlois HuberPeter KellerRoger KoppelPiero MarchesiThomas MatterYves NideggerAlbert RostiMonika RueggerFranz RuppenGregor RutzTherese SchlapferPirmin SchwanderManuel StruplerMauro TuenaErich von SiebenthalBruno WalliserDavid Zuberbuhler 5 Michael BuffatMike EggerEsther FriedliAlfred HeerMagdalena Martullo Blocher 1 Andreas Aebi President of the National Council c Social Democratic Party SP PS 36 Matthias AebischerMustafa AticiJacqueline BadranSamuel BendahanPrisca Birrer HeimoBrigitte CrottazChristian DandresLaurence Fehlmann RielleYvonne FeriPierre Alain FridezClaudia FriedlEdith Graf LitscherBarbara GysiBaptiste HurniBeat JansSandra Locher BenguerelPierre Yves MaillardAda MarraMin Li MartiSamira MartiMattea MeyerFabian MolinaMartina MunzRoger NordmannEric NussbaumerValerie Piller CarrardJon PultMathias ReynardFranziska RothUrsula Schneider SchuttelPrisca Seiler GrafBruno StorniGabriela SuterFlavia WasserfallenCedric WermuthCeline Widmer 3 Angelo BarrileTamara FunicielloNadine Masshardt FDP The Liberals FDP PLR 29 Frederic BorlozJacques BourgeoisRocco CattaneoDamien CottierSimone de MontmollinJacqueline de QuattroMarcel DoblerChristoph EymannAlex FarinelliOlivier FellerDoris FialaKurt FluriAnna GiacomettiPetra GossiMatthias JauslinChristian LuscherChrista MarkwalderIsabelle MoretPhilippe NantermodHans Peter PortmannMaja RinikerRegine SauterDaniela SchneebergerAndri SilberschmidtSusanne Vincenz StauffacherAlbert VitaliBeat WaltiChristian WassfallenLaurent Wehrli Green Party GPS PES 28 Gerhard AndreySibel ArslanChristine BadertscherKilian BaumannDaniel BrelazFlorence BrenzikoferChristophe ClivazKurt EggerFabien FivazBastien GirodBalthasar GlattliGreta GysinIrene KalinDelphine Klopfenstein BrogginiSophie Michaud GigonIsabelle Pasquier EichenbergerLeonore PorchetKatharina Precliz HuberValentine PythonFranziska RyserRegula RytzMarionna SchlatterMeret SchneiderMichael TongiAline TredeNicolas WalderManuela Weichelt PicardFelix Wettstein Christian Democratic People s Party CVP PDC 9 Marianne Binder KellerIda Glanzmann HunkelerPhilipp KutterVincent MaitreStefan Muller AltermattMarie France Roth PasquierElisabeth Schneider SchneiterSimon StadlerPriska Wismer Felder 11 Philipp Matthias BregyMartin CandinasAlois GmurJean Paul GschwindSidney KamerzinChristian LohrLeo MullerThomas RechsteinerFabio RegazziBenjamin RoduitMarco Romano 4 Ruth HumbelNicolo PaganiniGerhard PfisterMarkus Ritter 1 Christine Bulliard Marbach Green Liberal Party glp pvl 15 Martin BaumleJudith BellaicheKathrin BertschyThomas BrunnerIsabelle ChevalleyKatja ChristRoland FischerBeat FlachCorina GredigJorg MaderMichel MatterMelanie MettlerTiana Angelina MoserFrancois PointetBarbara Schaffner 1 Jurg Grossen Conservative Democratic Party BDP PBD 3 Lorenzo HessMartin LandoltHeinz Siegenthaler Evangelical People s Party EVP PEV 3 Niklaus Samuel GuggerMarianne StreiffLilian Studer Ticino League Lega 1 Lorenzo Quadri Solidarity solidariteS 1 Stefania Prezioso Swiss Party of Labour PdA PST POP 1 Denis de la Reussille Federal Democratic Union EDU UDF 1 Andreas Gafner Total 136 48 9 718 December 2020 vote in the Council of States final vote 159 Party Voted for Voted against Abstained Absent Did not vote Christian Democratic People s Party CVP PDC 4 Erich Ettlin OW Andrea Gmur Schonenberger LU Brigitte Haberli Koller TG Charles Juillard JU 5 Stefan Engler GR Daniel Fassler AI Peter Hegglin ZG Marianne Maret VS Beat Rieder VS 3 Pirmin Bischof SO Benedikt Wurth SG Heidi Z graggen UR 1 Othmar Reichmuth SZ FDP The Liberals FDP PLR 7 Philippe Bauer NE Thierry Burkart AG Andrea Caroni AR Olivier Francais VD Johanna Gapany FR Matthias Michel ZG Damian Muller LU 4 Josef Dittli UR Thomas Hefti GL Martin Schmid GR Hans Wicki NW 1 Ruedi Noser ZH Social Democratic Party SP PS 9 Elisabeth Baume Schneider JU Marina Carobbio Guscetti TI Eva Herzog BS Daniel Jositsch ZH Christian Levrat FR Paul Rechsteiner SG Carlo Sommaruga GE Hans Stockli BE Roberto Zanetti SO Swiss People s Party SVP UDC 5 Marco Chiesa TI Hannes Germann SH Hansjorg Knecht AG Werner Salzmann BE Jakob Stark TG 1 Alex Kuprecht SZ President of the Council of States c Green Party GPS PES 4 Maya Graf BL Lisa Mazzone GE Adele Thorens Goumaz VD Mathias Zopfi GL 1 Celine Vara NE Independent 1 Thomas Minder SH Total 24 11 7 4Referendum Edit Results of the 2021 same sex marriage referendum by canton 26 September 2021 Main article 2021 Swiss same sex marriage referendum In Switzerland s system of semi direct democracy a statute is subject to a popular referendum if opponents collect 50 000 signatures demanding one within three months The right wing Federal Democratic Union EDU UDF supported by politicians from the Swiss People s Party and the Christian Democratic People s Party 160 collected 61 027 signatures with the slogan Yes to marriage and family no to marriage for everyone 161 The Federal Chancellery validated the signatures on 27 April In response to the announcement that opponents had gathered the necessary signatures Operation Libero collected more than 100 000 signatures in support of same sex marriage by late April 2021 162 The referendum in which passage of the bill required a simple majority of the popular vote 163 took place on Sunday 26 September 2021 164 165 64 1 of voters and all cantons supported the amendment The vote made Switzerland the 30th country to introduce same sex marriage and one of the last in Western Europe 166 167 Amendment to the Swiss Civil Code Marriage for All 168 169 Choice Votes Yes 1 828 642 64 10No 1 024 307 35 90Valid votes 2 852 949 98 27Invalid or blank votes 50 279 1 73Total votes 2 903 228 100 00Registered voters turnout 5 519 168 52 60Federal Councillor Karin Keller Sutter announced in a press conference later that Sunday evening that the legislation adopted in the referendum would enter into force on 1 July 2022 170 The first weddings of same sex couples took place on that date 171 172 The legislation amended article 94 of the Swiss Civil Code to read in German Die Ehe kann von zwei Personen eingegangen werden die das 18 Altersjahr zuruckgelegt haben und urteilsfahig sind in French Le mariage peut etre contracte par deux personnes agees de 18 ans revolus et capables de discernement in Italian Per contrarre matrimonio gli sposi devono aver compiuto il diciottesimo anno d eta ed essere capaci di discernimento in Romansh Pudair maridar pon duas persunas che han cumpleni il 18avel onn da vegliadetgna e ch en ablas da giuditgar To be able to marry the prospective spouses must have reached 18 years of age and have the capacity of judgement Provisions of the same sex marriage law relating to the recognition of foreign marriages came into force on 1 January 2022 Same sex couples who have married abroad will now have their union recognized as a marriage rather than a registered partnership 173 Marrriage statistics Edit 749 same sex marriages were performed in Switzerland in 2022 with most being performed in Zurich the Lake Geneva area and the Bern Mittelland region 174 Year Marriagesbetween women Marriagesbetween men Same sex marriages Conversions frompartnerships2022 355 394 749 2 234Religious performance Edit In 2019 the Protestant Church of Switzerland voted to support the opening of civil marriage for same sex couples with its executive council voting 45 10 in favor 175 84 A majority of member churches allow same sex marriages to be blessed in their places of worship including those of the cantons of Aargau 176 Appenzell 176 Basel Landschaft 177 Basel Stadt 177 Fribourg 177 178 Geneva 177 Glarus 176 Graubunden 177 Lucerne 177 Neuchatel 179 Nidwalden 177 180 Obwalden 177 St Gallen 177 Schaffhausen 177 Schwyz 177 Thurgau 176 Ticino 177 181 Valais 176 Vaud 182 183 184 Zurich 177 185 and Zug 177 Pastors are under no obligation to bless same sex unions if this would contravene their personal beliefs The Reformed Churches of the Canton Bern Jura Solothurn will allow its clergy to officiate at same sex marriages from mid 2023 186 Some other member churches including the Evangelical Reformed Church of the Canton of Solothurn 187 the Evangelical Free Church of Geneva and the Evangelical Reformed Church of Uri do not allow their clergy to officiate at same sex weddings 177 In August 2020 the Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland voted to allow its priests to perform same sex marriages in its churches 188 189 The measure went into force on 1 July 2022 the same day same sex marriage became legal in Switzerland 190 The church has also allowed its priests to bless same sex partnerships since 2007 191 The Catholic Church opposes same sex marriage In June 2019 the Swiss Union of Catholic Women voted to support the introduction of civil same sex marriage 192 In May 2021 the Catholic News Agency reported that Catholic churches in Zurich had joined churches in many German cities in blessing same sex couples in ceremonies known as blessing services for lovers German Segnungsgottesdienste fur Liebende 193 The Swiss Federation of Jewish Communities an umbrella organisation representing a majority of Switzerland s Jewish communities voted to support civil same sex marriage in 2019 as a matter of personal freedom and individual autonomy while also stating that a religious marriage under Jewish law could only be between heterosexual couples 194 Reform Jewish organisations also support civil same sex marriages 81 Public opinion EditAccording to an Ifop poll conducted in May 2013 63 of the Swiss public supported allowing same sex couples to marry and adopt children 195 After the Legal Affairs Committee s decision to approve same sex marriage two opinion polls released on 22 February 2015 showed support of 54 Leger for Blick 196 and 71 gfs group for the SonntagsZeitung 197 for allowing same sex couples to marry and adopt children A poll carried out between April and May 2016 showed that 69 of the Swiss population supported same sex marriage 25 opposed and 6 were unsure 94 of Green voters 59 of voters from the Swiss People s Party and 63 of Christian Democratic voters supported it 198 199 A poll by Tamedia conducted on 5 and 6 December 2017 found that 45 of the Swiss population supported both same sex marriage and adoption 27 supported only same sex marriage 3 supported only same sex adoption and 24 were against both 200 The poll thus found a 72 majority in favour of same sex marriage Green Social Democratic and Green Liberal voters were the most supportive 88 in favour 9 against and 3 undecided 76 of Liberal voters supported the legalisation of same sex marriage while 22 opposed it and 66 of Christian Democratic voters and 56 of Swiss People s Party voters supported same sex marriage 201 A Pew Research Center poll conducted between April and August 2017 and published in May 2018 showed that 75 of Swiss people supported same sex marriage 24 were opposed and 1 did not know or refused to answer 202 When divided by religion 89 of religiously unaffiliated people 80 of non practicing Christians and 58 of church attending Christians supported same sex marriage 203 Opposition was 16 among 18 34 year olds 204 A public consultation held between March and June 2019 showed wide societal and political support for same sex marriage in Switzerland 83 of the participants to the consultation expressed support and 63 expressed 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