Chile Says No to Argentina Same-Sex Marriages

Posted on 17 November 2011

SANTIAGO, CHILE – Chile’s Constitutional Court rejected the legal acceptance of three gay marriages in Chile that were conducted in Argentina where gay marriage was legalized in July 2010. The members of the Court stated that they referred the civil marriage law that establishes civil marriage being solely between a man and a woman.

The Court voted 9-to-1 against the legalization of the gay unions of three couples petitioning for recognition under the Chilean government.

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