Día Histórico: Same-Sex Marriages Begin In Chile

CBS News reports:

Two same-sex couples became the first Thursday to legally tie the knot in Chile, which joined countries in majority Catholic Latin America to allow LGBTQ couples to marry.

Under a law approved by Congress in December and signed by outgoing President Sebastian Pinera, they can also now adopt children.

“We never imagined we would experience this moment in Chile,” Jaime Nazar, 39, declared proudly after marrying his partner of seven years Javier Silva, 38, in a Santiago suburb. The pair’s two young children were there for the historic event.

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VIDEO | “Los quiero declarar ¡casados!”: Así se vivió el primer matrimonio homosexual legal en la historia de Chilehttps://t.co/3ggebQR7It pic.twitter.com/FMwRCr6VGr

— Radio ADN (@adnradiochile) March 10, 2022

Javier Silva y Jaime Nazar, padres de dos niños/as, ya se casaron. ¡Viva Chile! El matrimonio igualitario ya entró en plena vigencia. pic.twitter.com/ADRB5drhVH

— Movilh Chile (@Movilh) March 10, 2022