Went to a party today to celebrate a partnership of very good friends. There I had an interesting discussion about how Switzerland were the last country on earth to allow women to vote, given a lecture about direct democracy.
Later in the evening we got to discuss when gay partnerships were allowed in Switzerland (2007 I think they said), where I replied "but not in Appenzell I guess" (the canton they didn't allow women to vote until the 1990's). Touche. I think they got the message.
Nice party, as always with these friends.
2 comments:
hmm, I'm pretty sure there are still other countries where women can't vote, Saudi Arabia springs to mind. but yeah being ahead of countries like that doesn't exactly mean progressive, and I would bet that gay marriage is still a long way of for ze Swiss.
Whats with the funny hats?
They wore them for the ceremony.
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