Greece allows same-sex marriage


Greece has become the first Christian Orthodox country to allow civil marriage for same-sex couples after 176 of the 300 members of parliament voted in favour of a law proposed by Kyriakos conservative Mitsotakis’ conservative government on Thursday. The law faced fierce opposition from the Church.


News247 (GR) /

Other things to worry about

News247 is annoyed that quite a few MPs from the ruling Nea Dimokratia (ND) party voted against the law:

“These government MPs should answer a question: does same-sex marriage really pose a threat to the vast majority of Greeks? ... Or are they more threatened by the financial insecurity that is destroying incomes like a tsunami month after month and driving our poorer citizens to despair? If the latter is the case, these MPs should demand that the prime minister and his cabinet stop all their fine words and analyses and take effective action instead.”

Giorgos Karelias
Liberal (GR) /

Gradual and educational change

The website Liberal welcomes the new law:

“Societies, including Greece’s, are changing. Change often happens slowly. This may be agonising for those who are in a hurry and expect things to happen at a dizzying pace. But it is also educational, because every time major, radical change has been attempted without first consulting the different social groups it has led to tragedy. ... It goes without saying that all this won’t happen without provoking reactions and resistance. ... Yesterday was a day when Greece took a big, important and significant step towards equal rights for all citizens.”

Dimitris Triantafyllidis