Same Sex Marriage

Greece's government announced on Thursday that it will follow through on a pledge to legalize same-sex marriage, defying the country’s powerful Orthodox Church. Government spokesperson, Pavlos Marinakis says the law will be introduced in parliament during the current session, which...

The conservative government in Greece is considering legalizing same-sex marriage and adoption for gay couples, as an openly gay politician was elected leader of the main opposition. Stefanos Kasselakis, who was married in the US to American nurse Tyler McBeth,...

Almost nine out of ten Greeks (89 percent) believe that their culture is superior to others, while three quarters of those polled consider adherence to the Christian Orthodox as an important part of truly being Greek according to the...

The beach of Eressos was host to the first-ever wedding ceremony between two women in the history of the island of Lesvos, joining a British lesbian couple in marriage before the statue of the poetess Sappho. The wedding, carried out...

Nine years after the first same-sex marriage was conducted on Tilos by the mayor of the tiny Aegean island, the Greek Supreme Court ruled it as invalid, on Thursday. The court said the ruling expresses the Greek rule of law,...

Nick Xenophon and his party, the Nick Xenophon Team (NXT), is set to block same-sex marriage, according to statements NXT made on Monday. “We do not support (the marriage equality plebiscite proposal of the government),” the statement said in response...

British nationals David Bulmer-Rizzi and his husband Marco got married in the UK in June and then celebrated their wedding again in a second ceremony which took place in Santorini, Greece. After the ceremony the couple traveled to South...

Despite international condemnation and a European Court of Human Rights' ruling last year that Greece's exclusion of same-sex couples from marriages or civil unions was in violation of the European Convention on Human Rights, Greek Justice Minister Haralambos Athanasiou expressed...

The debate over the recognition  and legalization of same sex marriage in Australia is heating up. Prime Minister of Australia, Julia Gillard, voiced her opinion on Q & A on ABC stating that she respects the love and life  that...