The Legal Committee of the Finnish Parliament suggests the Civic Initiative aiming at introducing genre neutral marriage legislation should be rejected. A parliamentary plenary majority could still restore the Iniative though.
More than hundred thousand citizens had signed the Civic Iniative about a new Marriage Law within the first day of availability. The legal requirement of 50 000 backers was reached in the afternoon of March 19th, 2013.
Members of Parliament have been cautious in signing the Draft Marriage Law Bill submitted in September 2011. Many MPs who had expressed pro-equality views during the election campaign appear to have placed their views on hold.