Greek Parliament legalises same-sex marriages

Greece’s parliament has approved legislation legalising civil partnerships for gay couples, two years after the country was condemned by a European Court for discrimination.

Lawmakers voted 193-56 in favour of the bill to extend civil partnerships to sameusex couples, but provisions regarding family law that could pave the way for adoption applications were dropped before the vote.

Conservative bishops in Greece’s powerful Orthodox Church vehemently opposed the law, arguing that it undermined the institution of family.

Lawmakers from the governing Syriza party backed the bill which split the main opposition conservatives.

Several hundred pro-gay rights protesters gathered outside parliament before the vote, under a large banner that read “Love is the law.”

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