 The report, issued in March 2007, supported enacting a gender-neutral marriage law and abolishing the registered partnership law (registered partnerships would be automatically converted into marriages) while granting an "opt-out" to religious institutions, which would allow them to refuse to marry same-sex couples.This last point was quite controversial and increased calls for a gender-neutral marriage law.The committee further suggested that the Swedish Government bring the changes into effect by 1 January 2008.