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Contents:
- WHERE EUROPE STANDS ON GAY MARRIAGE AND CIVIL UNNS
- COUNTRI WHERE GAY MARRIAGE IS LEGAL 2023
- GREECE'S FIRST GAY WEDDGS FY CHURCH AND STATE
WHERE EUROPE STANDS ON GAY MARRIAGE AND CIVIL UNNS
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COUNTRI WHERE GAY MARRIAGE IS LEGAL 2023
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ATHENS – Greece legalized gay civil unns Tuday spe opposn om the Church and a rebelln by some right-wg members of the lg aln. Lawmakers voted 193 favor vers 56 agast the long-awaed reform, followg a heated 10-hour bate which supporters of the bill — some wearg rabow gay pri badg — trad barbs wh opponents.
Outsi parliament, gay rights mpaigners gathered wh banners readg “Love is the Law” and “All I want for Christmas is Equaly.
GREECE'S FIRST GAY WEDDGS FY CHURCH AND STATE
The documentary, om director Panayotis Evangelidis, tak a nostalgic look at the first gay and lbian marriag ever held Greece. * greece gay marriage *
Activists say regnn of same-sex civil partnerships is an important step towards gag greater acceptance a untry where the Orthodox Church still holds sway and where reports of homophobic vlence have creased recent years.
While many untri already allow same-sex marriage, Greece is one of the last European Unn stat to legalize gay civil unns.
Prsure for change creased after the European Court of Human Rights led two years ago that was discrimatory for the untry to exclu gay upl om existg legislatn givg tax, pensn and herance rights to unmarried heterosexuals.