This Tuesday (7), Chilean deputies and senators approved the bill that allows same-sex marriage. Now, the bill goes to the Executive Branch for the final steps before being signed into law.
Approval by the Chamber of Deputies came a few hours after the vote in the Chilean Senate. “The Chamber supports the bill that regulates, on equal terms, the marriage of same-sex couples. It is sent to the Executive for its enactment procedures”, wrote the Chamber’s Twitter profile after approval.
✅A LAW | The Chamber ultimately supports the bill that regulates, under equal conditions, the marriage of same-sex couples.
It is sent to the Executive for its enactment procedures. #Igualitarian marriage 🏳️🌈 pic.twitter.com/4HMYkoiJ9c
– Deputies and Deputies of Chile (@Camara_cl) December 7, 2021
The text was approved by the deputies by 82 votes in favour, 20 against and 2 abstentions. Previously, the bill passed the Senate by 21 votes in favor, 8 against and 3 abstentions.
According to the CNN Chile, the Movement for Homosexual Integration and Liberation (Movilh), a traditional group of Chilean activists for the rights of the LGBTQIA+ population, called a demonstration for 7:00 pm this Tuesday, in Baquedano Square, in the center of the Chilean capital of Santiago, to celebrate the approval.
“Homosexual couples who sued the State of Chile will immediately withdraw their complaint from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. Thanks to the courage, strength and perseverance of these couples, today we can have the right. Thank you”, wrote Movilh on social media.
After the project was approved, the minister of Social and Family Development, Karla Rubilar, said that this is one of those occasions “that ennobles political activity, dignifies public action and pays homage to the Legislative Power of Congress and the co-legislator, the president of Republic”.
“This is the best face of politics, the one that shows us the willingness of actors to achieve the common good, the perspective of the State that permeates the temporality of governments, the capacity for understanding and agreement of people that they have different positions in relation to to a matter that has legal dimensions”, he added.
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Reference: CNN Brasil
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