LGBTIQ+ activists in front of the Greek Parliament while the vote was underway.
LGBTIQ+ activists in front of the Greek Parliament as the vote progressed.
Greece thus becomes the first Orthodox Christian European country to legalize these unions.
Find the validation of El Cazamentiras at the end of the news.
The Parliament of Greece took a historic step this Thursday by legalizing marriage between homosexual people and the adoption of minors by same-sex couplesa measure promoted by the conservative Government despite the frontal opposition of the influential Orthodox Church in that European country.
With 176 votes in favor, 76 against and 2 abstentions, the reform was approved with a wide margin, thanks to the votes of several opposition parties, since a part of the 158 deputies of the government party, the conservative New Democracy (ND), They voted against, abstained or left the Chamber.
The bill needed a simple majority to be approved by the 300-member Parliament.
So things are, Greece thus becomes the 20th country in Europe and the first Orthodox Christian country to legalize marriage for same-sex couples..
Following the decision, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said the new law would “boldly abolish serious inequality.”
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WILLIAM MORENO HERNÁNDEZ
INTERNATIONAL EDITORIAL
TIME
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