国际英语资讯:German federal parliament says yes to same-sex marriage
<p><span word="BERLIN">BERLIN</span>, <span word="June">June</span> 30-- <span word="Germany">Germany</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="federal">federal</span> <span word="parliament">parliament</span>, <span word="or">or</span> <span word="Bundestag">Bundestag</span>, <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Friday">Friday</span> <span word="passed">passed</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="bill">bill</span> <span word="legalizing">legalizing</span> <span word="same">same</span>-<span word="sex">sex</span> <span word="marriage">marriage</span>.</p><p><span word="According">According</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="bill">bill</span>, <span word="homosexual">homosexual</span> <span word="couples">couples</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Germany">Germany</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="now">now</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="able">able</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="marry">marry</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="adopt">adopt</span> <span word="children">children</span>.</p><p><span word="Germany">Germany</span> <span word="currently">currently</span> <span word="allows">allows</span> <span word="civil">civil</span> <span word="partnerships">partnerships</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="full">full</span> <span word="marital">marital</span> <span word="rights">rights</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="include">include</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="possibility">possibility</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="jointly">jointly</span> <span word="adopting">adopting</span> <span word="children">children</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="bill">bill</span> <span word="passed">passed</span> <span word="by">by</span> 393 <span word="to">to</span> 226, <span word="with">with</span> <span word="four">four</span> <span word="abstentions">abstentions</span>. <span word="German">German</span> <span word="Chancellor">Chancellor</span> <span word="Angela">Angela</span> <span word="Merkel">Merkel</span> <span word="voted">voted</span> <span word="against">against</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="bill">bill</span>, <span word="although">although</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="paved">paved</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="way">way</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="vote">vote</span>.</p><p><span word="Merkel">Merkel</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Monday">Monday</span> <span word="unexpectedly">unexpectedly</span> <span word="swerved">swerved</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="party">party</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="official">official</span> <span word="line">line</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="oppose">oppose</span> <span word="same">same</span>-<span word="sex">sex</span> <span word="marriage">marriage</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="grounds">grounds</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="child">child</span> <span word="welfare">welfare</span>. <span word="Instead">Instead</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="envision">envision</span> <span word="a">a</span> "<span word="decision">decision</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="conscience">conscience</span>," <span word="granting">granting</span> <span word="parliamentarians">parliamentarians</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="free">free</span> <span word="vote">vote</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="sensitive">sensitive</span> <span word="matter">matter</span>.</p>
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