Portugal’s parliament has passed a motion overturning the presidential veto on a bill legalizing adoption by same-sex couples, reports Reuters. President Anibal Cavaco Silva will now have to sign the bill into law before his term ends in March.
The motion was passed by 137 votes in the 230-seat parliament, bringing together the ruling Socialists, their far-left allies – the Communists and Left Bloc, and some opposition deputies from the Social Democratic Party. The rightist CDS voted against.
Same-sex marriage has been legal in Portugal since June 2010
