Lifestyle policy

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As a way of life politics are approaches to the expansion of family politics to a broader form of human cohabitation comprehensive politics, motivated by a striving for equality of different ways of life. These approaches are of central importance in parts of the bi-movement .

Concept history

The term was introduced by the Federal Association of Homosexuality (BVH) in the 1990s as an alternative concept to the introduction of a registered civil partnership for homosexual " marriages " . Lifestyle policy was proposed as a counter-concept to traditional family policy .

In February 1991, Volker Beck and Manfred Bruns put a form of same-sex marriage up for discussion with the Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen party under the catchphrase Lebensformenpolitik , which meant legal equality with the marriage of heterosexual couples.

Theoretical approach

The idea that in a society that defines itself as pluralistic and equal , a systematic state preference for certain forms of coexistence of individuals is no longer appropriate, as this necessarily discriminates other forms of coexistence. Therefore, equality between different forms of life should be sought.

The way of life policy should include both traditional ways of life such as the nuclear family and the newly developed ways of life of older, homosexual or polyamorous (living in non-monogamous relationships) people and replace family policy in the future. Another basic idea is the idea that all human communities are worthy of protection and deserve special support if they contribute to the growing up of children or to the care of the elderly as members of society.

The idea of ​​equal rights for non-monogamous forms of life that are not based on material obligations for life was formulated in a similar way, for example, in the context of Schlampagne , a political platform brought into being by lesbian women (including Gita Tost ). The name comes from the appropriation of the term slut, which was negatively associated in modern times, as a Geusen word .

implementation

This approach is controversial within the gay and lesbian movement itself (the LSVD, for example, rejects such positions) and has so far not been politically accepted. Critics also criticized the lack of concrete legislative concepts. More recently, on February 25, 2006 , the federal board of the Green Youth proposed the legal equality of all partnerships and the replacement of marriage by a civil solidarity pact based on the French model of the Pacte Civil de Solidarite (PACS) , in which two or more individuals have rights and Being able to agree on duties individually.

There are similar legal forms in the Netherlands and Belgium. The Austrian Greens have also presented a corresponding model with the civil pact (Zip). The Lambda Legal Committee has brought another draft into the Austrian discussion , with the aim of ensuring equality for homosexual people in particular . In the Netherlands there is an initiative to introduce polyamorous forms of marriage.

In Germany, the politician Christina Schenk ( PDS ) proposed the general abolition of maintenance obligations between adults. Julia Seeliger , former treasurer of the Green Youth and former member of the party council of Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen, like the Green Youth, advocates equality for all forms of living communities.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Homosexuals: Lebensbund sealed in: Der Spiegel 6/1991 of February 4, 1991
  2. ↑ http://www.gruene-jugend.de/show/107269.html  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.gruene-jugend.de  
  3. ↑ Video today (April 17, 2009)  in the ZDFmediathek , accessed on February 3, 2014. (offline)
  4. ↑ http://www.julia-seeliger.de/das-ende-der-liebe-und-das-ende-der-welt/
  5. ↑ Julia Seeliger, How We Really Live and Love , Welt am Sonntag, December 17, 2006