WILLEMSTAD - Curacao does not have to legalize same-sex marriage yet. That is what the Advisory Council says in response to the proposal for marriage between people of the same sex presented by Parliament.
It must, however, be possible for gay couples to be able to enter into a partner registration that is legally comparable to the same-sex marriage.
In the long term, Curaçao will have to make the necessary changes, the Council thinks, given the developments in international law, but each country in the Kingdom can still make its own assessment whether it will legalize same-sex marriage or not.