Archive for August 23rd, 2006
WTF…! (2)
According to a report in Jyllands-Posten, Danish politicians consider changing the rules governing parental leave for lesbian couples.
The point is that while lesbian women are now eligible for artificial insemination, the non-pregnant partner in a registered partnership was not eligible for parental leave in connection with the birth.
This is obviously a strange oversight but what really fascinates me, is Jyllands-Posten’s headline which ran:
Or in English
Politicians to give lesbians paternal leave
On the other hand, the article refers to the non-pregnant partner as “mother number two”. So, a mother can be a father. Or if you like: A woman can be a mother and a father at the same time.
Confused? Then try reading this post about Belgian legislation over at Crooked Timber.
WTF…!
Miscellaneous Danish Links
The Danish government’s proposal for a quality reform is published on the homepage of the PM’s Office. Available as a pdf-file here.
The strategy paper of the Social Liberal Party – complete with proposal to adopt English as an official language (and in effect to abolish Danish, but the Social Liberals are to fooled by their own apparent cleverness to see this) – which was published on August 17 is available here.
The paper has been given the incredible name OverskudsDanmark (SurplusDenmark) in an attempt to ape the kind of branding strategies with which companies large and small harrassed the Danish language during the 1990s.
One Last Manifesto
The Swedish centre-right alliance’s manifesto was published today. Available as a pdf-file here.