The first former Soviet country Estonia has legalized gay civil unions. But the government is not completely ready to implement the said laws.
The Estonian government has officially passed a law in 2014 that allows gay partnership to be legally acceptable. Huffington Post reported that the Parliament have not passed laws that will help the same-sex law to be applied. Laws regarding their divorce, inheritance and other practical matters connected to the main law have not been discussed in the congress yet.
According to 12 News, the chamber is advising couples to put off their plans of marriage as the law is not completely ready yet. Until the rules regarding legal matters to be clear, the couples are waiting before entering union. The couples are baffled with the news. They are expecting the laws to be ready as many couples are excited to be married and live together with each other happily. However, they are fine with it because at least there was an improvement seen with accepting the same-sex couples made by the law.
The Guardian stated that Estonia is the first former member of the Soviet Union to legalized same-sex marriage. Legalization of same-sex marriage is continuing to rise in percentage in many European countries. Like other Baltic neighbours Lithuania and Latvia, Estonia was occupied by the Soviet Union for almost five decades and Estonia is considered the most Westernized country between the former Soviet countries and the recently passed law proved this.
Ever since the U.S. passed the same-sex law nationwide, many other countries, especially the Western ones are talking about passing laws that are related to it. Though many people might think that since European countries are very open with many things, they are also open with the issue of same-sex. It is not entirely true as many European countries are heavily Christian-centric.
