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Malta: Referendum on Divorce
A majority of citizens of the tiny Mediterranean island -- the smallest member of the European Union -- are staunchly religious Roman Catholics.
Maltese will be asked whether they favour allowing divorce following four years of marital separation, with the Church fiercely opposed to the change.
The referendum does not have legal weight and a new law would be required.
"Divorce has to be treated rationally and not on some religious dogma," opposition Labour party leader Joseph Muscat told lawmakers before a vote in parliament on the referendum in which the government was defeated.
"This question has got nothing to do with modelling ourselves on other countries or because we are the only country apart from the Philippines not to have divorce," Muscat said.
"I want to live in a European country and that does not mean flying to Brussels or passing through the EU citizens' lane at airports. It means having a set of European values," he said.
Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi had declared his opposition to divorce but he gave MPs from his Nationalist Party a free vote and was defeated in parliament.
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04/09/2011
Open letter to Mr. Dr Lawrence Gonzi Prime Minister, of Malta Republic Dear Sir.
As countrymen Servant of God Pope John Paul II, we would like to thank you so much for the tenacious defense of moral order and the foundations of our civilization. We want to assure you of then solidarity of our nation and the people of Malta at that particular time when in the legislation of the Republic the Christian nature of marriage as an indissoluble relation of man and woman is being undermined. We believe strongly that such thanks to your attitude this foundation, the cornerstone of a healthy society will be saved in Malta. May the Good Lord has shed light of the Maltese on the entire Europe and has attracted our erring continent back to Himself.
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