Same-Sex Marriage and Adoption Are Now Legal in Finland

Written by R. S. Benedict on March 2, 2017

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Same-sex marriage officially became legal in Finland yesterday. Same-sex couples also gained the right to adopt children.

According to Yle, the Local Register Office of western Finland reports that 41 same-sex couples plan to wed this week.

Same-sex marriage was approved by MPs back in 2014, but conservative activists kept the law from going into effect.

(Header image via David Goehring)