The vote on Tuesday makes Chile the eighth Latin American country to extend equal rights to same sex couples, and marks a reversal for the country's conservative leadership.
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Chile's Congress approves same-sex marriage by an overwhelming majority
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Chile president signs law allowing same-sex marriage
Chile's Congress on Tuesday approved a long-awaited bill to legalize same-sex marriage, joining just a handful of countries in majority Catholic Latin America with similar laws.
The battle to legalize same-sex marriage in Chile began more than a decade ago and it comes to an end as the candidates vying to run Chile are at odds on the issue.
Chile’s Congress passed a law to legalize same-sex marriage on Tuesday, in a milestone for the conservative South American nation after a decade-long legal
Chile's congress on Tuesday approved a long-awaited bill to legalize same-sex marriage, joining just a handful of countries in majority Catholic Latin America with similar laws.
The vote on Tuesday makes Chile the eighth Latin American country to extend equal rights to same sex couples, and marks a reversal for the country's conservative leadership.
Chile's government passed a law Tuesday to legalize same-sex marriage, a landmark decision in the historically-conservative and Catholic Latin American nation,
Lawmakers in Chile have voted overwhelmingly in favor of a bill legalizing same-sex marriage. The law is being called a "step forward" for equality in the conservative Latin American country.
SANTIAGO, Chile -- Lawmakers in Chile on Tuesday legalized same-sex marriage, a landmark victory for gay-rights activists that underscores how profoundly the country's politics and society have shifted in the past decade.
After years of debate, lawmakers passed a bill so that gay couples can marry and adopt children. Until now they could only enter into civil unions. In South America, only a handful of countries on the predominantly Catholic continent to allow so.
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) -- Both houses of Chile's congress voted Tuesday to approve a marriage equality bill that also includes authorization for adoptions
Chilean President Sebastian Pinera on Thursday signed a law legalizing same-sex marriage, two days after Congress approved a bill opposed by one of the frontrunners in next week's elections to replac…
