The inevitable ...

[Elena Gapova]

Quite recently, a male member of the Russian Duma "podal zayavlenie na
registratsiyu braka" with another male person (the second one is gay, while
the MP is not and acted out of concern for gay rights, to draw public
attention to the issue). They were refused, for "Zakon o brake i sem'e" does
not provide for such a possibility, TV news reported. Several weeks after
the issue became the topic for the TV "duel" between the MP and some
activist person in the "K bar'eru" show (hosted by Vladimir Solov'ev). The
issue was debated for about an hour, while the TV audience from all over
"SNG" voted by calling. As far as I remember, the phrases used were
"vstupat' v brak" and "pozhenit'sya".

e.g.




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Subject: [SEELANGS] The inevitable ...


To my knowledge, there is none...

There is a more general phrase "sostoyat' v brake" that my be used.  I
recently read in a Russian newpaper reporting on Elton John's legal
battles in England that Elton wanted his "partner stat' officialnom."
That seemed apporpriately politically correct to me.

Josh Wilson
Consultant
The School of Russian and Asian Studies
Moscow, Russia
www.sras.org

Dear SEELANGers,

We all know there are two ways to "get married" in Russian--"vyiti
zamuzh (za
kogo)" if you're a woman, and "zhenitsya (na kom)" if you're a man.  It
was
inevitable: my students are now asking which verb is used when a man
marries
a man (etc.).  Help!

Charles at Knox

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