Switzerland votes to make same-sex marriage legal by near two-thirds majority

FILE PHOTO: Posters are pictured before a vote on same sex marriage in Geneva, Switzerland, September 23, 2021. Poster reads : "Love without privilege, yes to marriage for all". REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

ZURICH (Reuters) -Switzerland agreed to legalise civil marriage and the right to adopt children for same-sex couples by a nearly two-thirds majority in a referendum on Sunday, making it one of the last countries in Western Europe to legalise gay marriage.

According to results provided by the Swiss federal chancellery, 64.1% of voters voted in favour of same-sex marriage in the nationwide referendum that was conducted under Switzerland's system of direct democracy.