Keystone-SDA adrian.reusser@keystone-sda.ch https://keystone.23video.com en-us Visualplatform http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Keystone-SDA episodic no https://keystone.23video.com/files/rv0.0/sitelogo.gif https://keystone.23video.com http://keystone.23video.com/ap-rumanien-referendum-zu-homo-ehe-scheitert-an <p>Das zweitägige Referendum über eine Verschärfung des Verbots der Homo-Ehe in Rumänien ist wegen einer zu geringen Beteiligung der Bürger gescheitert. Nur 20,41 Prozent der mehr als 18 Millionen Wahlberechtigten gaben am Samstag und am Sonntag nach Angaben des Zentralen Wahlbüros ihre Stimmen ab. Für die Gültigkeit der Volksbefragung wäre eine Beteiligung von mindestens 30 Prozent notwendig gewesen. LGBT-Aktivisten sind zufrieden mit dem Boykott und bezeichnen ihn als «Sieg für das ganze Land».<br> --<p></p> <p>Romanian marriage redefinition referendum voided due to low turn-out</p> <p>SHOTLIST:</p> <p>ASSOCIATED PRESS - AP CLIENTS ONLY</p> <p>Bucharest, 8 Oct 2018</p> <p>1. Various of newspaper kiosk and headlines that read "boycott succeeded" and "failure"</p> <p>2. Various of University and students</p> <p>3. SOUNDBITE (Romanian) Paula Catina, student:</p> <p>"I'm happy with the result of the referendum because I boycotted it myself and I noticed Romania made it, we are together and we didn't pass this referendum and I'm proud that we showed that we care about European Union values."</p> <p>4. Newspaper headlines</p> <p>5. SOUNDBITE (Romanian) Vlad Cioranu, student:</p> <p>"I'd say this is a bad result because people have got to vote because this is their supreme right, with which they can influence decisions taken by the state, regardless if they would have voted 'yes' or 'no'. "</p> <p>6. Students in front of university</p> <p>7. SOUNDBITE (Romanian) Cristian Parvulescu, commentator:</p> <p>"This referendum was about only one article but was very politicised in the favour of certain politicians so the answer from Romanian society was simple; we don't play these political games. A message was also transmitted to the Orthodox Church, the church must take care of religious problems and not political ones and therefore for a while now, the political ambitions of the church will get moderated. A message was transmitted to neo-protestant groups very active in the government coalition that it's not the kind of problem Romania cares about. All this was a problem to Romanians that had other priorities rather than this one. If this modification would have been introduced in a broader and less conservative and anti-European context- maybe it would have passed."</p> <p>8. Cutaway cat</p> <p>9. Various of Florin Buhuceanu at his home, with cat</p> <p>10. SOUNDBITE (Romanian) Florin Buhuceanu, LGBT activist:</p> <p>"(The result of referendum) is a victory for the whole country not only for us, those who initiated the boycott campaign, it is a victory for Romania also because this brings us to a European context based on rights and freedoms for everybody, for all types of families, not only for some."</p> <p>11. Cutaway cat</p> <p>12. SOUNDBITE (Romanian) Florin Buhuceanu, LGBT activist</p> <p>"Romanians gave a very clear signal that they won't tolerate the meddling of the Orthodox Church in the legislative domain. This space of lawmakers belongs to parliament, it is there that laws are made and we don't use referenda to vote about rights."</p> <p>13. Cutaway cat</p> <p>14. Various of newspaper headlines</p> <p>STORYLINE:</p> <p>A referendum held in Romania on the definition of marriage has been invalidated as not enough people cast ballots, rendering the vote void.</p> <p>Election officials said just 20.41 percent of eligible voters participated in the weekend referendum, which needed at least 30 percent turnout to be valid.</p> <p>The failed amendment would have changed the definition of family in Romania's Constitution to make it a union between a man and a woman instead of between "spouses."</p> <p>The Central Electoral Commission said on Monday near-final results showed 91.61 percent of those who voted approved the amendment to change the definition.</p> <p>Same-sex marriage is already illegal in Romania and a constitutional amendment would have made it harder to legalise.</p> <p>The Romanian Orthodox Church supported the constitutional revision but opponents had encouraged voters to boycott the referendum.</p> <p>LGBT activist, Florin Buhuceanu, told The Associated Press that the referendum boycott was a "victory for the whole country", and brought Romania closer to a "European context based on rights and freedoms for everybody."</p></p><p><a href="http://keystone.23video.com/ap-rumanien-referendum-zu-homo-ehe-scheitert-an"><img src="http://keystone.23video.com/16107559/36245548/56f69a67d072b93fd275ae1abcb27ec5/standard/download-3-thumbnail.jpg" width="1280" height="720"/></a></p> http://keystone.23video.com/photo/36245548 Mon, 08 Oct 2018 13:41:38 GMT AP: Rumänien: Referendum zu Homo-Ehe scheitert an schwacher Beteiligung Das zweitägige Referendum über eine Verschärfung des Verbots der Homo-Ehe in Rumänien ist wegen einer zu geringen Beteiligung der Bürger gescheitert. Nur 20,41 Prozent der mehr als 18 Millionen Wahlberechtigten gaben am Samstag und am Sonntag nach Angaben des Zentralen Wahlbüros ihre Stimmen ab. Für die Gültigkeit der Volksbefragung wäre eine Beteiligung von mindestens 30 Prozent notwendig gewesen. LGBT-Aktivisten sind zufrieden mit dem Boykott und bezeichnen ihn als «Sieg für das ganze Land». -- Romanian marriage redefinition referendum voided due to low turn-out SHOTLIST: ASSOCIATED PRESS - AP CLIENTS ONLY Bucharest, 8 Oct 2018 1. Various of newspaper kiosk and headlines that read "boycott succeeded" and "failure" 2. Various of University and students 3. SOUNDBITE (Romanian) Paula Catina, student: "I'm happy with the result of the referendum because I boycotted it myself and I noticed Romania made it, we are together and we didn't pass this referendum and I'm proud that we showed that we care about European Union values." 4. Newspaper headlines 5. SOUNDBITE (Romanian) Vlad Cioranu, student: "I'd say this is a bad result because people have got to vote because this is their supreme right, with which they can influence decisions taken by the state, regardless if they would have voted 'yes' or 'no'. " 6. Students in front of university 7. SOUNDBITE (Romanian) Cristian Parvulescu, commentator: "This referendum was about only one article but was very politicised in the favour of certain politicians so the answer from Romanian society was simple; we don't play these political games. A message was also transmitted to the Orthodox Church, the church must take care of religious problems and not political ones and therefore for a while now, the political ambitions of the church will get moderated. A message was transmitted to neo-protestant groups very active in the government coalition that it's not the kind of problem Romania cares about. All this was a problem to Romanians that had other priorities rather than this one. If this modification would have been introduced in a broader and less conservative and anti-European context- maybe it would have passed." 8. Cutaway cat 9. Various of Florin Buhuceanu at his home, with cat 10. SOUNDBITE (Romanian) Florin Buhuceanu, LGBT activist: "(The result of referendum) is a victory for the whole country not only for us, those who initiated the boycott campaign, it is a victory for Romania also because this brings us to a European context based on rights and freedoms for everybody, for all types of families, not only for some." 11. Cutaway cat 12. SOUNDBITE (Romanian) Florin Buhuceanu, LGBT activist "Romanians gave a very clear signal that they won't tolerate the meddling of the Orthodox Church in the legislative domain. This space of lawmakers belongs to parliament, it is there that laws are made and we don't use referenda to vote about rights." 13. Cutaway cat 14. Various of newspaper headlines STORYLINE: A referendum held in Romania on the definition of marriage has been invalidated as not enough people cast ballots, rendering the vote void. Election officials said just 20.41 percent of eligible voters participated in the weekend referendum, which needed at least 30 percent turnout to be valid. The failed amendment would have changed the definition of family in Romania's Constitution to make it a union between a man and a woman instead of between "spouses." The Central Electoral Commission said on Monday near-final results showed 91.61 percent of those who voted approved the amendment to change the definition. Same-sex marriage is already illegal in Romania and a constitutional amendment would have made it harder to legalise. The Romanian Orthodox Church supported the constitutional revision but opponents had encouraged voters to boycott the referendum. LGBT activist, Florin Buhuceanu, told The Associated Press that the referendum boycott was a "victory for the whole country", and brought Romania closer to a "European context based on rights and freedoms for everybody." Das zweitägige Referendum über eine Verschärfung des Verbots der Homo-Ehe in Rumänien ist wegen einer zu geringen Beteiligung der Bürger gescheitert. Nur 20,41 Prozent der mehr als 18 Millionen Wahlberechtigten gaben am Samstag und am Sonntag nach... Keystone-SDA 04:11 <p>Das zweitägige Referendum über eine Verschärfung des Verbots der Homo-Ehe in Rumänien ist wegen einer zu geringen Beteiligung der Bürger gescheitert. Nur 20,41 Prozent der mehr als 18 Millionen Wahlberechtigten gaben am Samstag und am Sonntag nach Angaben des Zentralen Wahlbüros ihre Stimmen ab. Für die Gültigkeit der Volksbefragung wäre eine Beteiligung von mindestens 30 Prozent notwendig gewesen. LGBT-Aktivisten sind zufrieden mit dem Boykott und bezeichnen ihn als «Sieg für das ganze Land».<br> --<p></p> <p>Romanian marriage redefinition referendum voided due to low turn-out</p> <p>SHOTLIST:</p> <p>ASSOCIATED PRESS - AP CLIENTS ONLY</p> <p>Bucharest, 8 Oct 2018</p> <p>1. Various of newspaper kiosk and headlines that read "boycott succeeded" and "failure"</p> <p>2. Various of University and students</p> <p>3. SOUNDBITE (Romanian) Paula Catina, student:</p> <p>"I'm happy with the result of the referendum because I boycotted it myself and I noticed Romania made it, we are together and we didn't pass this referendum and I'm proud that we showed that we care about European Union values."</p> <p>4. Newspaper headlines</p> <p>5. SOUNDBITE (Romanian) Vlad Cioranu, student:</p> <p>"I'd say this is a bad result because people have got to vote because this is their supreme right, with which they can influence decisions taken by the state, regardless if they would have voted 'yes' or 'no'. "</p> <p>6. Students in front of university</p> <p>7. SOUNDBITE (Romanian) Cristian Parvulescu, commentator:</p> <p>"This referendum was about only one article but was very politicised in the favour of certain politicians so the answer from Romanian society was simple; we don't play these political games. A message was also transmitted to the Orthodox Church, the church must take care of religious problems and not political ones and therefore for a while now, the political ambitions of the church will get moderated. A message was transmitted to neo-protestant groups very active in the government coalition that it's not the kind of problem Romania cares about. All this was a problem to Romanians that had other priorities rather than this one. If this modification would have been introduced in a broader and less conservative and anti-European context- maybe it would have passed."</p> <p>8. Cutaway cat</p> <p>9. Various of Florin Buhuceanu at his home, with cat</p> <p>10. SOUNDBITE (Romanian) Florin Buhuceanu, LGBT activist:</p> <p>"(The result of referendum) is a victory for the whole country not only for us, those who initiated the boycott campaign, it is a victory for Romania also because this brings us to a European context based on rights and freedoms for everybody, for all types of families, not only for some."</p> <p>11. Cutaway cat</p> <p>12. SOUNDBITE (Romanian) Florin Buhuceanu, LGBT activist</p> <p>"Romanians gave a very clear signal that they won't tolerate the meddling of the Orthodox Church in the legislative domain. This space of lawmakers belongs to parliament, it is there that laws are made and we don't use referenda to vote about rights."</p> <p>13. Cutaway cat</p> <p>14. Various of newspaper headlines</p> <p>STORYLINE:</p> <p>A referendum held in Romania on the definition of marriage has been invalidated as not enough people cast ballots, rendering the vote void.</p> <p>Election officials said just 20.41 percent of eligible voters participated in the weekend referendum, which needed at least 30 percent turnout to be valid.</p> <p>The failed amendment would have changed the definition of family in Romania's Constitution to make it a union between a man and a woman instead of between "spouses."</p> <p>The Central Electoral Commission said on Monday near-final results showed 91.61 percent of those who voted approved the amendment to change the definition.</p> <p>Same-sex marriage is already illegal in Romania and a constitutional amendment would have made it harder to legalise.</p> <p>The Romanian Orthodox Church supported the constitutional revision but opponents had encouraged voters to boycott the referendum.</p> <p>LGBT activist, Florin Buhuceanu, told The Associated Press that the referendum boycott was a "victory for the whole country", and brought Romania closer to a "European context based on rights and freedoms for everybody."</p></p><p><a href="http://keystone.23video.com/ap-rumanien-referendum-zu-homo-ehe-scheitert-an"><img src="http://keystone.23video.com/16107559/36245548/56f69a67d072b93fd275ae1abcb27ec5/standard/download-3-thumbnail.jpg" width="1280" height="720"/></a></p> AP Video Homo-Ehe Rumänien http://keystone.23video.com/homo-ehe-in-deutschland-das-sagt-pink-cross-zum <p>Zürich - 30.6.17 - Im deutschen Bundestag wird am Freitag ein historischer Entscheid gefällt: die Homo-Ehe soll in Deutschland eingeführt werden. Pink Cross, der Schweizer Dachverband der Schwulen, ist erfreut über dieses Ergebnis. Vorstandsmitglied Stephan Bischof ist überzeugt, dass nun auch in der Schweizer Politik der Druck für eine gleichgeschlechtliche Ehe steigt.<br></p><p><a href="http://keystone.23video.com/homo-ehe-in-deutschland-das-sagt-pink-cross-zum"><img src="http://keystone.23video.com/16107560/18016282/6fc7af4f319a5d06b4cccbb9ff959b21/standard/download-1-thumbnail.jpg" width="1280" height="720"/></a></p> http://keystone.23video.com/photo/18016282 Fri, 30 Jun 2017 17:04:47 GMT Homo-Ehe in Deutschland: Das sagt Pink Cross zum historischen Entscheid Zürich - 30.6.17 - Im deutschen Bundestag wird am Freitag ein historischer Entscheid gefällt: die Homo-Ehe soll in Deutschland eingeführt werden. Pink Cross, der Schweizer Dachverband der Schwulen, ist erfreut über dieses Ergebnis. Vorstandsmitglied Stephan Bischof ist überzeugt, dass nun auch in der Schweizer Politik der Druck für eine gleichgeschlechtliche Ehe steigt. Zürich - 30.6.17 - Im deutschen Bundestag wird am Freitag ein historischer Entscheid gefällt: die Homo-Ehe soll in Deutschland eingeführt werden. Pink Cross, der Schweizer Dachverband der Schwulen, ist erfreut über dieses Ergebnis.... Keystone-SDA 01:41 <p>Zürich - 30.6.17 - Im deutschen Bundestag wird am Freitag ein historischer Entscheid gefällt: die Homo-Ehe soll in Deutschland eingeführt werden. Pink Cross, der Schweizer Dachverband der Schwulen, ist erfreut über dieses Ergebnis. Vorstandsmitglied Stephan Bischof ist überzeugt, dass nun auch in der Schweizer Politik der Druck für eine gleichgeschlechtliche Ehe steigt.<br></p><p><a href="http://keystone.23video.com/homo-ehe-in-deutschland-das-sagt-pink-cross-zum"><img src="http://keystone.23video.com/16107560/18016282/6fc7af4f319a5d06b4cccbb9ff959b21/standard/download-1-thumbnail.jpg" width="1280" height="720"/></a></p> ehe homo-ehe homosexuell lgbt pink cross