BERLIN, GERMANY - JUNE 12:  Volker Beck, Member of German Greens Party (4th from L) and Anton Hofreiter, co-leader of the Bundestag fraction of the German Greens Party (3rd from L) and activists with the Lesbian and Gay Association of Berlin demonstrate outside the Bundesrat, Germany's Federal Council, where members were scheduled to debate the legalization of gay marriage on June 12, 2015 in Berlin, Germany. Specifically, the activists were urging Berlin Mayor Michael Mueller to confirm his position for legalization in the city-state of Berlin, against possible opposition from the German Christian Democrats (CDU). Though Germany recognizes a privileged partnership for homosexual couples it does not allow marriage with the same rights as for heterosexuals.  (Photo by Clemens Bilan/Getty Images)