A farkon tsakiyar shekarun 1980, wani rukuni na masu fafutukar kare hakkin 'yan luwadi, karkashin jagorancin Henk Krol <unk> sannan babban editan Gay Krant <unk> ya nemi Gwamnati ta ba da damar ma'aurata masu jinsi guda su yi aure. Majalisar ta yanke shawara a 1995 don ƙirƙirar kwamiti na musamman, wanda zai binciki yiwuwar auren jinsi ɗaya. A wannan lokacin, 'yan Democrat Kirista (Christian Democratic Appeal) ba sa cikin ƙungiyar masu mulki a karon farko tun lokacin da aka gabatar da cikakken dimokiradiyya. Kwamitin na musamman ya gama aikinsa a 1997 kuma ya kammala cewa ya kamata a fadada auren jama'a don hada da ma'aurata masu jinsi daya. Bayan zaben 1998, Gwamnatin ta yi alkawarin magance batun. A watan Satumba na 2000, an yi muhawara a majalisar dokokin kasar Holland. Tambaya: A wace shekara ce hukumar ta musamman ta Dutch ta kammala cewa ya kamata a hada ma'aurata masu jinsi daya a cikin ƙungiyoyin jama'a?
Shekarar 1997