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The Greek parliament on Thursday approved civil marriage for same-sex couples by a large majority, becoming the first majority Christian Orthodox country to do so. The vote has passed: as of tonight, Greece is proud to become the 16th EU country to legislate marriage equality, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said in a post on X, formerly Twitter. This is a milestone for human rights, reflecting todays Greece a progressive, and democratic country, passionately committed to European values. In a rare cross-party consensus in Greece, left-wing, social democratic and conservative lawmake