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<\/p>\nChile\u2019s Bachelet Makes Good on Her Marriage Equality Promise with New Bill<\/b><\/p>\n
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President Michelle Bachelet of Chile plans to introduce a marriage equality bill<\/a> in the national legislature this upcoming Monday, August 28. If approved as expected, the country will become the sixth in Latin America to permit same-sex<\/a> marriages.<\/p>\n Bachelet will be making good on a promise last year to commit her government<\/a> to the passage of marriage equality by mid-2017, made while speaking to an LGBT rights panel at the United Nations in September 2016.<\/p>\n Human Rights Watch reports<\/a> the language of the bill will be as follows:<\/p>\n \u201cMarriage is a solemn contract by which two people, of the same or different sex<\/a>, unite themselves, and for life, in order to live<\/a> together, to procreate and to help each other.\u201d<\/p>\n This would seem to pave the way for same-sex<\/a> couples<\/a> to also parent children. Civil unions were legalized in Chile<\/a>\u00a0relatively recently in 2015, providing momentum for full-fledged recognition.<\/p>\n Argentina was the first country of its region to legalize marriage equality in 2010, followed by Uruguay, Brazil, and Colombia. Mexico federally recognizes same-sex<\/a> marriages performed in many of its states. Globally, Chile would be set to become the 25th country to legalize marriage equality.<\/p>\n The post Chile\u2019s Bachelet Makes Good on Her Marriage Equality Promise with New Bill<\/a> appeared first on Towleroad<\/a>.<\/p>\n