Greece has legalized same-sex marriage, the measure was pushed through by Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ New Democracy party with the support of four left-wing parties.
First Orthodox Christian country legalizes gay marriage
Greek lawmakers have voted to legalize same-sex weddings in the country, despite staunch opposition from the Orthodox Church of Greece and almost half of the population.
The bill was approved on Thursday by 176 lawmakers in the 300-seat Greek parliament; 76 rejected it and 46 were not present for the vote. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis praised the move, saying that Greece is “proud” to become the 16th European Union 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,” he wrote in a post on X (formerly Twitter).
Greece legalized same-sex civil partnerships in 2015, providing such couples with some rights and benefits, but they were not allowed to adopt children. The new bill provides full parental rights to married same-sex partners, except for gay male couples, who still won’t be allowed to have children through surrogate mothers.
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Anyone paying attention to happenings in the Greek Orthodox world know that their leadership is ALL IN with the "gay agenda" as much as Francis! No surprises.