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Eugene

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Tue May 26, 2020, 04:41 PM May 2020

Costa Rica celebrates first same-sex weddings

Source: BBC

Costa Rica celebrates first same-sex weddings

26 May 2020

The first same-sex weddings have taken place in Costa Rica, the first Central American country to equalise its marriage legislation.

A lesbian couple became the first to tie the knot in a ceremony that took place just after the new law came into effect at midnight.

The wedding was shown on national TV.

President Carlos Alvarado said the law change meant Costa Rica now recognised the rights lesbian and gay people had always deserved.

He tweeted (in Spanish) that "empathy and love should from now on be the guiding principles which will allow us to move forward and build a country where there is room for everyone".

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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-52808947


Alexandra Quiros and Dunia Araya were among the first same-sex couples to get married (AFP)

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