Strasbourg court rules that states are not obliged to allow gay marriage

A ray of hope?

'European Court of Human Rights finds that there was no violation of human rights for Austrian couple denied the right to marry

In a key judgment issued today, the European Court of Human Rights ruled on a complaint of a homosexual couple in Austria who were denied the right to marry. Although very recently (January 2010) Austria created the possibility to enter into a Registered Partnership for same-sex couples, marriage still is not possible...'

Online article:

[url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/law/2010/jun/24/european-court-of-human-rights-civil-partnerships]http://www.guardian.co.uk/law/2010/jun/24/european-court-of-human-rights-civil-partnerships[/url]