Chile's Congress approves same-sex marriage, adoption

A measure to legalize marriage and adoption by same-sex couples was approved by the lower house of Chile's Congress on Tuesday moving it close to final adoption. The bill approved 101-30 now awaits only final modifications related to the rights of same-sex couples.

President Sebastián Piñera has indicated he will publish it into law. Chile had accepted same-sex civil unions in 2015, but that measure did not include a provision for adoption. The marriage proposal had been stalled in the Senate for about four years.