Greece Vows To Back Gay Partnership Law

Great News For Greece's Gay And Lesbian Community
ATHENS, GREECE - 2014/06/14: A gay couple kiss in front of the Greek parliament building whilst holding a Rainbow colored flag. Hundreds of people on Saturday joined Greece's annual gay pride parade in a long-standing demand for equal rights to civil union and adoption. (Photo by George Panagakis/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)
ATHENS, GREECE - 2014/06/14: A gay couple kiss in front of the Greek parliament building whilst holding a Rainbow colored flag. Hundreds of people on Saturday joined Greece's annual gay pride parade in a long-standing demand for equal rights to civil union and adoption. (Photo by George Panagakis/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece's new left-wing government has promised to grant same-sex couples legal status, in response to a 2013 international court decision condemning the country for discrimination.

Justice Minister Nikolaos Paraskevopoulos told parliament Monday that civil partnerships, first legislated in 2008, would be extended to gay couples but did not say when the changes were planned.

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