The US-embassy in Austria on 1 June 2016, on its facebook-account, has published the following text alongside a picture of ambassador Alexa Wesner in a t-shirt of Austrian marriage equality citizens initiative Ehe Gleich!: 

"Happy ‪#‎LGBT‬ ‪#‎Pride‬ Month! "Advancing the fair treatment of all people has long been a cornerstone of American diplomacy, and we have made defending and promoting the human rights of #LGBT individuals a priority in our engagement across the globe." - President Obama writes in his proclamation: http://1.usa.gov/1O2LtAa. Botschafterin ‪#‎AlexaWesner‬ unterstützt gleiche Rechte für ‪#‎LGBTI‬ Menschen, auch das Recht auf Ehe. ‪#‎PrideMonth"

Children take government to court over their parents´ marriage ban

Austrian children with two fathers or two mothers are compulsory illegitimate because their parents are not allowed to marry each other. Five such children, together with their parents, have been taking the federal government to the courts over their parents´marriage ban; to allow their parents to marry and themselves to become legitimate children as their peers with one father and one mother are. Last December the Vienna Administrative Court - based on weird reasoning - dismissed the cases. The families turned to the Constitutional Court whose ruling is expected for later this year. 

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Children take government to court over their parents´ marriage ban

Austrian children with two fathers or two mothers are compulsory illegitimate because their parents are not allowed to marry each other. Five such children, together with their parents, have been taking the federal government to the courts over their parents´marriage ban; to allow their parents to marry and themselves to become legitimate children as their peers with one father and one mother are. Last December the Vienna Administrative Court - based on weird reasoning - dismissed the cases. The families turned to the Constitutional Court whose ruling is expected for later this year. 

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Austrian children with two fathers or two mothers have to be compulsory illegitimate because their parents are not allowed to marry each other. Five such children, together with their parents, are now taking the federal government to the courts over their parents´marriage ban; to allow their parents to marry and themselves to become legitimate children as their peers with one father and one mother are. 26 November 2015  the Vienna Administrative Court has heard the first of these five cases. Already on 21 December 2015 (11.30 am), three days before Christmas, the Court will deliver its judgment in public (Wien 19, Muthgasse 62, room B2.02 = court room 3).