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Spanish Government Defends Human Rights

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On July 24 a Spanish farmer died in custody of Spanish police. The courts are looking into the incident and in the mean time eight Civil Guards have been suspended. Civil Guards is a para-military police unit, and as a result of this recent incident, they are being heavily criticized.

Politicians are speaking out on the matter, and they are not taking the side of the Civil Guards. Spain is continuing it’s commitment to human rights. More recently politicians have become more vocal on the matter, particularly Jose Alonso.

“I would like to reaffirm the government’s commitment to develop a policy of public security that is based on scrupulous respect for citizens’ rights,” Interior Minister Jose Antonio Alonso told parliament’s domestic affairs committee.

Spain Becomes #4

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Spanish Parliamentarians have voted to allow homosexual couples to marry! Making them the fourth country to do so. Belgium, Canada, and the Netherlands are the other nations to legally recognize gay marriage.

“We were not the first, but I am sure we will not be the last,” Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero told the chamber. “After us will come many other countries, driven, ladies and gentlemen, by two unstoppable forces: freedom and equality.

Hooray for Gay!

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Canada has become the third country in the world to legalize homosexual couples to marry. It took awhile for the bill to pass, and for many of the young Canadians, it seemed odd that some people took great offense to legislations.

“We are a nation of minorities. And in a nation of minorities, it is important that you don’t cherry-pick rights,” said Prime Minister Paul Martin. “A right is a right and that is what this vote tonight is all about.”

Way to go Canada!

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