Maltese lawmakers voted late on Wednesday, June 12, to legalize same-sex marriage in the predominantly Catholic country. Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said the adoption of the amendment to the Marriage Act, which was passed by a vote of 66 to 1, "shows that our democracy and society have reached a level of maturity and we can now say that we are all equal." The amendments remove words such as "husband" and "wife" and replace them with the more gender-neutral "spouse."
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Malta Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage
Maltese lawmakers voted late on Wednesday, June 12, to legalize same-sex marriage in the predominantly Catholic country. Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said the adoption of the amendment to the Marriage Act, which was...
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