Latvian parliament legalises same-sex partnerships


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  • Thursday, 09 Nov 2023

FILE PHOTO: People hold a giant rainbow flag as they walk during Riga Pride 2023 parade in Riga, Latvia June 3, 2023. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins/File photo

RIGA (Reuters) - Latvia's parliament on Thursday voted to allow same-sex couples to establish civil unions, providing them with legal recognition but fewer rights than married couples.

Homosexuality remains a divisive topic in Latvia, whose legislators in 2005 changed the constitution to define marriage as only allowed between a man and a woman.

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