Greek Parliament Votes To Legalize Same-Sex Marriage

Reuters reports:

Greece’s parliament approved a bill allowing same-sex civil marriage on Thursday, a landmark victory for supporters of LGBT rights that was greeted with cheers by onlookers in parliament and dozens gathered on the streets of Athens. The law gives same-sex couples the right to wed and adopt children and comes after decades of campaigning by the LGBT community for marriage equality in the socially conservative country.

The bill was approved by 176 lawmakers in the 300-seat parliament and will become law when its published in the official government gazette. although members of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ centre-right New Democracy party abstained or voted against the bill, it gained enough support from the leftist opposition in a rare show of cross-party unity despite a tense debate.

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The vote has passed: as of tonight, Greece is proud to become the 16th EU country to legislate marriage equality. This is a milestone for human rights, reflecting today’s Greece – a progressive, and democratic country, passionately committed to European values.

— Prime Minister GR (@PrimeministerGR) February 15, 2024

Love wins in Greece – where the conservative-led government just passed freedom to marry legislation! Greece is now the 36th country worldwide, and the first Orthodox Christian country, to secure marriage for same-sex couples. pic.twitter.com/qiCcswm6w6

— Freedom to Marry (@freedomtomarry) February 15, 2024

Greece legalises same-sex marriage, becoming the first Orthodox Christian country to do so https://t.co/JmRyPdGZdx

— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) February 15, 2024

Greek lawmakers have voted to legalize same-sex marriage in a landmark decision that will make it the first Orthodox Christian country to do so. https://t.co/Zgr81PMRzh

— NBC Out (@NBCOUT) February 15, 2024

BREAKING FROM ATHENS: We have same sex marriage in Greece! pic.twitter.com/u5Mg8RTzky

— Steven W. Thrasher, PhD, CPT (@thrasherxy) February 15, 2024

BREAKING – Greece has become the first Orthodox Christian country to legalise same-sex civil marriage.

The landmark bill, drafted by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ government, was passed in parliament on this evening. pic.twitter.com/vdY8lvgKRh

— Openly (@Openly) February 15, 2024

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