Since today, the civil union law is amended by another 2 major points that LGBT groups wanted, to streamline it with the hetero marriage law.
http://orf.at/stories/2385778The HOSI, the biggest LBGT group in Austria, now even said in a press article that the current amended version of the civil union law even makes the CU
better than the antiquated hetero marriage law and more in line with 21st century marriage laws.
According to the HOSI, some differences between hetero and LGBT marriage remain, but according to the group they are meaningless and virtually irrelevant in every day life (or even counterproductive).
HOSI now even says that adapting the CU law to the current hetero marriage law would "be a step backwards."
They say that first the hetero marriage law has to be "updated" ...
So, I guess we can now welcome Austria into the Gay Marriage column.
http://www.ggg.at/2017/03/30/hosi-wien-eingetragene-partnerschaft-besser-als-ehehttp://www.hosiwien.at/hosi-wien-ehe-gleichstellung-nur-nach-reform-des-eherechts/"Civil Union law now better than hetero marriage law."
Title corrected for accuracy.