Chile president signs law allowing same-sex marriage
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Chile's President Sebastian Piñera has signed a law permitting same-sex couples to marry and adopt
SANTIAGO, Chile -- A Chilean law permitting same-sex couples to marry and adopt was signed into law Thursday by President Sebastián Piñera in a ceremony attended by activists for LGBTand broader human rights.
The ceremony came a little more than six months after the conservative leader surprised many by saying he would smooth the way for a marriage equality law that had long been stuck in the nation's Congress.
The new law “will allow all children with a papa and mama, with two papas or with two mamas to have the same rights and the same protection,” Piñera said.
Isabel Amor, president of the Fundación Iguales, said the measure will help hundreds of children and adolescents who until now have been unable to have legal protection from both parents.
