Chile has passed a law permitting same-sex couples to marry on December 9, 2021.

Highlights

• The adopt was signed into law by President Sebastian Pinera during a event attended by activists for LGBT and broader human rights.
• The ceremony was organised more than six months after conservative leader announced that he would smooth the way for a marriage equality law which had long been pending in the nation’s Congress.
• The new law will allow all children with a father and a mother, with two fathers or with two mothers to have the same rights and same protection.
• This move will help hundreds of children and adolescents who have been unable to get legal protection from both parents.