Members of Chile’s Independent Democrat Union (Union Democrata Independiente) on Thursday will introduce a constitutional amendment that seeks to define marriage as the union of a man and a woman, La Tercera reported.
The move comes 2 days after President Sebastian Pinera sent to Congress a bill that would grant gay and lesbian couples many of the rights and benefits of marriage. The Life Partner Agreement (Acuerdo de Vida en Pareja or AVP) would allow gay and straight couples who have lived together for more than one year to enter the union.
The president signed his bill to the cheers of gay rights activists, but angry leaders of his center-right coalition, which includes the UDI Party, refused to attend the signing ceremony.
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