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Greece legalises same-sex civil marriage

Greece has become the first Orthodox Christian country to legalise same-sex civil marriage, despite opposition from Church officials. A cross-party majority of 176 lawmakers in the 300-seat parliament voted late Thursday in favour of the bill drafted by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ centre-right government. Another 76 rejected the reform while two abstained from the vote […]