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More than 1,500 protesters gathered in central Athens on Sunday to oppose legislation that would legalize same-sex marriage in Greece. The bill is set for a vote in parliament in days.<\/p>\n

Greece\u2019s conservative government is sponsoring the bill but it will require votes from center and left opposition parties to be approved. However, even some center-left lawmakers have gone on record as opposing the bill.<\/p>\n

Organizers of Sunday\u2019s rally \u2014 religious groups \u2014 described the bill as a threat to the traditional family. Many of the protesters chanted “hands off our children.”<\/p>\n

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“Unfortunately, the woke agenda has also reached Greece and that agenda includes the marriage of homosexuals,” Dimitris Natsios, leader of the far-right and strongly religious Niki party told the Associated Press.<\/p>\n

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Protesters rally against same-sex marriage in Athens, Greece, on Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024.<\/span> (AP Photo\/Yorgos Karahalis)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

“Greece is a Christian Orthodox country and our tradition does not allow this. … We know and respect one type of marriage: The Orthodox Christian wedding. Our Constitution also does not provide for this, so this bill is unconstitutional and runs counter to our faith in Christ,” Natsios said.<\/p>\n

The Niki party, founded in 2019, entered Parliament in 2023. In the most recent election, in June, it came in sixth, with 3.70% of the vote and elected 10 lawmakers to the 300-member assembly.<\/p>\n

Many same-sex couples in Greece seeking to start a family currently get married in countries where same-sex weddings are legal.<\/p>\n

Greece has legalized “cohabitation contracts” for same-sex couples since December 2015. It also allowed sex identity change by simple declaration without mandating psychiatric evaluation and sex reassignment surgery in October 2017.<\/p>\n

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If the bill is approved, Greece would become the first majority Orthodox country to legalize same-sex marriage.<\/p>\n

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