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Same-sex marriages knocked down by Portuguese high court

August 1, 2009

Portugal’s highest court has ruled that two lesbian women do not have the legal right to marry. Despite a constitutional right, the judges voted to uphold an existing law restricting marriage to a man and a woman.

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