Monday, August 02, 2010

Chile Senator to Sponsor Gay Marriage Bill

REUTERS CANADA: SANTIAGO - The head of Chile's Socialist party, Fulvio Rossi, told reporters on Sunday that he planned to sponsor a bill to legalize gay marriage in the country, as occurred last month in neighboring Argentina.

"This is a project that I will present ... and I am also calling on the Church to be more welcoming, and I say that as part of the Church," the senator said, responding to remarks from Chilean Cardinal Francisco Javier Errazuriz who described the same-sex weddings in Argentina as "an aberration." >>> Reporting by Maria Jose Latorre; Writing by Laura MacInnis | Sunday, August 01, 2010