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Court annuls same-sex marriage
Greece's Supreme Court has annulled a same-sex marriage conducted in 2008 on Tilos by the mayor of the tiny Aegean island.
Judges Thursday upheld a previous order by a Rhodes prosecutor calling such nuptials illegal.
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Northern Ireland court rules gay marriage ban doesn’t violate rights
Northern Ireland’s refusal to recognise same-sex marriage does not violate the rights of couples affected, the Belfast High Court ruled on Thursday (17 August), in a blow to campaigners in the only part of the United Kingdom that bans gay marriage.
Malta Allows Same-Sex Couples to Marry
Malta's parliament voted on Wednesday to allow same-sex couples to marry, three years after passing a law permitting civil partnerships in the overwhelmingly Catholic country, reported the Telegraph.uk.co
Lawmakers gave near-unanimous approval to the bill, which represents a major step for LGBT rights on the island, which legalised divorce only in 2011 and where abortion is outlawed.
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German MPs Approve Gay Marriage in Snap Vote
A clear majority of German MPs have voted to legalise same-sex marriage, days after Chancellor Angela Merkel dropped her opposition to a vote, according to BBC.
The reform gives gay men and lesbians full marital rights, and allows them to adopt children.
At present, same-sex couples are limited to civil unions.
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Germany passes same sex marriage law
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Germany: Parliament Legalizes Same-sex Marriage
German Chancellor Angela Merkel grimaces as she arrives for the weekly cabinet meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2015. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
German lawmakers voted to legalize same-sex marriage in their last session before the September election. Lawmakers voted 393 for legalizing "marriage for everybody," and 226 against with four abstentions.
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Greek Parliament Legalizes Same-Sex Civil Unions
The Greek parliament has passed a bill legalizing same-sex civil partnerships.
The law adopted on Tuesday night seeks to address omissions in 2008 legislation that recognized cohabitation for unmarried, but not same-sex couples. In 2013, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that excluding same-sex couples from the cohabitation legislation was discriminatory.
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Same-sex couples are officially a ‘thing’ by law, sealed with kisses in Parliament
In the early hours of December 23 while most Greeks were sleeping, 193 lawmakers in a 300-seat house voted in favor of civil partnership agreements despite protests from right-wing factions and the all-powerful Greek Orthodox Church.
Greek PM A. Tsipras apologizes to the Greek homosexual community
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Tuesday that the vote on the extension of civil partnerships to same-sex couples closes a period of backwardness and shame for the Greek state.
Gay rights spotlighted in Greek Parliament with voting on same-sex civil unions
Greek Parliament is poised to approve same-sex civil partnership on Tuesday following a plenary discussion kicking off at 12.30 p.m. in Greek Parliament. The bill has prompted debate and reaction in the Greek Orthodox church with a number of religious leaders taking a stand against the bill that improves gay rights.