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European Union Court Rules Member Countries Must Recognize Same-Sex Marriages

HeadlineJun 06, 2018

In a victory for gay rights, the European Union’s highest court has ruled that all 28 member countries must recognize same-sex marriages in questions of residency rights and afford foreign spouses of EU citizens the right to live and work in the European Union. The plaintiff in the case, Adrian Coman, a Romanian married to an American man, said after the ruling, “We can now look in the eyes of any public official in Romania and across the EU with certainty that our relationship is equally valuable and equally relevant for the purpose of free movement within the EU.”

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