Portugal's Priorities - Hell Yeah!

[jackwabbit]

Portugal's conservative president announced Monday he is reluctantly ratifying a law allowing gay marriage, making the predominantly Catholic country the sixth in Europe to let same-sex couples wed.

President Anibal Cavaco Silva said he would not veto the bill because majority liberal lawmakers would only overturn his decision. The country must focus instead on battling a crippling economic crisis that has increased unemployment and deepened poverty, he said.

"Given that fact, I feel I should not contribute to a pointless extension of this debate, which would only serve to deepen the divisions between the Portuguese and divert the attention of politicians away from the grave problems affecting us," Cavaco Silva said.

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/05/17/international/i122534D53.DTL#ixzz0oO34ZddD

Wait. What? Concentrating on actual governing and making your country a better place to live instead of endless morality debates? What a concept. *round of applause for Portugal's pres*