'Hope has a place': Thailand moves forward on civil unions

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% :Thailand is poised to become the first Southeast Asian nation to grant some form of legal recognition to same sex partnerships, although it is not yet clear whether this will be in the form of civil unions or full marriage equality.
49% : Pita said if only the civil union bill receives final approval, MFP will continue the fight for full marriage equality.
49% : That has not dampened the hopes of activists like Laohacharoensombat who is still holding out for full marriage equality.
47% : Many fear the upper house may prove a final barrier to full marriage equality.
46% : The territory is the only place in Asia to have legalised same sex marriage.
41% : A majority of MPs from the ruling coalition voted to reject full marriage equality on the first reading.
39% : "These old moral archaic people want the civil partnership bill, not marriage equality," said Emilie Palamy Pradichit, a feminist human rights lawyer and founder of the Manushya Foundation.

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