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 bincika 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 yanke shawarar cewa ya kamata a fadada auren jama'a don ya hada da ma'aurata masu jinsi ɗaya. Bayan zaben 1998, Gwamnati ta yi alkawarin magance batun. A watan Satumba na 2000, an yi muhawara a majalisar dokokin kasar Holland. Tambaya: A wace shekara ce gwamnati ta magance auren jama'a?
Shekara ta 1998