Politicians in the Macedonian Assembly have voted to ban same-sex marriage.
The proposal came from the conservative government and was supported by two-thirds of members of the national assembly in a vote on Wednesday.
It aims to define marraige specifically as “a union between an man and a woman”.
Now the government is to draft the amendment within ten days, and present it to the parliament.
The Assembly last year also approved a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage.
The country’s Pride parade was cancelled in 2013, following safety concerns and a rise in the number of homophobic attacks.
Macedonian president Gjorge Ivanov, has previously claimed that discrimination against lesbian and gay people is a myth.
by Joseph Patrick McCormick
Source – PinkNews