Estonia's parliament approves same-sex marriage

On Tuesday in Estonia — one of three Baltic nations once occupied by the Soviet Union — Parliament approved legislation to legalize same-sex marriage.

It’s the first central European country to do so. It is a rebuke to Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has invoked the West’s “moral degeneracy” as one justification for his war against Ukraine.

“It’s like the state is finally accepting me,” Annely Lepamaa, 46, told Reuters. “Until now, I needed to fight for everything. I had to go to court to adopt my own children, which is like, why? Now, I’m a human with rights.”

Lepamaa and her partner, Eeva Koplimets, 36, said they’re trading their unofficial partnership for marriage.

“Yeah, we are switching!” exclaimed Koplimets after the vote.

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Watch out, Estonia!