Same-sex families accuse former ND premier of ‘stigmatizing’ their children

Representative of same-sex families have accused two leading government party MPs opposed to same-sex marriage of "stigmatizing" their children because of the sexual orientation of their parents.

In an open letter addressed to former prime minister Antonis Samaras and Minister of State Makis Voridis, Eleni Maravelia and Stamatios Anthis, board members of the Network of European LGBTIQ* Families Associations (NELFA) and Egalité: Equality for LGBTQI in the EU institutions, respectively, said it was with "great sadness that we read your statements in the daily press, with which you stand against equality in marriage and adoption."

"Contrary to what you claim, same-sex families with children in Greece will not suddenly appear when marriage and adoption equality are legislated; they have existed for years and are growing rapidly," Maravelia and Anthis said.

"The...