Portugal comes out as the next nation to legalize gay marrigae

So the winner for next gay friendly country goes to Portugal. Congratulations to Teresa Pires and Helena Paixao who are the first same sex married couple in Portugal. With more and more places are accepting gay marriage, when do you the the entire U.S. will get with the program?



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Portugal lesbian couple in nation's first gay marriage

Monday, 7 June 2010 14:48 UK


Teresa Pires (left) and her partner Helena Paixao at the registry office in Lisbon on 7/6/2010 The couple had campaigned for years for a change in the law

The first same-sex marriage has taken place in Portugal, a month after a law allowing gay marriage came into effect.

Teresa Pires and Helena Paixao, both divorced mothers in their 30s who have been together since 2003, married at a Lisbon registry office.

The couple - who had campaigned for a change to the law - described it as a "great victory, a dream come true".

The Socialist government had faced fierce opposition to the law in what is a mainly Catholic country.

But a petition against the change failed to gain enough support for a referendum.

The bill was passed by parliament in January and ratified by President Anibal Cavaco Silva in May - making Portugal the sixth European country to recognise same-sex marriages.