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# President of Chile vows to push same-sex marriage bill
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/president-of-chile-vows-to-push-same-sex-marriage-bill/
- Published: 2021-06-03T14:57:28.000Z
- Updated: 2021-06-03T14:57:28.000Z
- Description: Sebastián Piñera, the president of Chile, has promised to prioritise a bill legalising same-sex marriage.
- Author: Rachel Badham
- Tags: News, Politics, Chile, LGBTQ, LGBTQ+ rights, Marriage equality, Same Sex Marriage, South America

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Sebastián Piñera

**Sebastián Piñera**, the president of **Chile**, has promised to prioritise a bill legalising same-sex marriage which was first introduced to parliament in 2017, following the legal recognition of same-sex civil partnerships in 2015\. According to *[Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/chiles-pinera-push-same-sex-marriage-bill-long-stuck-congress-2021-06-01/?ref=scenemag.co.uk)*, the president said: *“I think the time for equal marriage has come in our country,”* during an annual address to Chilean lawmakers.

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He continued: *“All people, regardless of their sexual orientation, will be able to live, love and form a family with all the protection and dignity they need and deserve.”* If Chile was to legalise same-sex marriage before **Venezuela**, which is also [considering the move](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/venezuelan-president-urges-parliament-to-consider-marriage-equality-bill/), it would become the sixth South American country to have marriage equality after **Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador** and **Uruguay**.

In 2018, the **Inter-American Court of Human Rights** ruled that South American 16 countries, including Chile, should legalise same-sex marriage, ordering governments to do so as soon as possible. Although former president **Michelle Bachelet** introduced such a bill four years ago, it has failed to make progress in parliament.

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