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Effort to Add Consitutional Ban on Gay Marriage, Adoption Fails in El Salvador

Constitutional reforms that would ban same-sex couples from marrying and adopting children in El Salvador failed to obtain the required number of votes in Congress.

The proposed amendments were backed by right-wing parties in Congress, but opposed by the governing leftwing Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN).

During the weeks running up to the vote on Thursday, Catholic and evangelical churches in El Salvador joined forces with rightwing parties to try to push through the constitutional reforms.

Full Story from IPS: http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=48604

Published on: September 26, 2009

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