"Greece's Legalization of Same-Sex Marriage: A Milestone for Orthodox Countries"
Greece has become the first Orthodox Christian country to legalize same-sex civil marriage, with a cross-party majority of lawmakers voting in favor of the landmark bill despite opposition from the influential Greek Church. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis hailed the move as a milestone for human rights, reflecting a progressive and democratic Greece committed to European values. The bill confers full parental rights on married same-sex partners with children but precludes gay couples from parenthood through surrogate mothers in Greece. The main opposition to the bill has come from the traditionalist Church of Greece, which disapproves of both same-sex and heterosexual civil marriage.