Opponents of bill allowing same-sex marriage rally in Athens

More than 1,500 protesters gathered in central Athens on Sunday to oppose legislation that would legalize same-sex marriage in Greece. The bill is set for a vote in parliament in days.

Greece's conservative government is sponsoring the bill but it will require votes from center and left opposition parties to be approved. However, even some center-left lawmakers have gone on record as opposing the bill.

Organizers of Sunday's rally - religious groups - described the bill as a threat to the traditional family. Many of the protesters chanted "hands off our children."

"Unfortunately, the woke agenda has also reached Greece and that agenda includes the marriage of homosexuals," Dimitris Natsios, leader of the far-right and strongly religious Niki party told the Associated Press.

"Greece is a Christian Orthodox country and our tradition does not allow this. …...