Same-sex marriage and parental rights go together, government official says

Α government official reiterated that an announced plan to realize same-sex marriage will also include an extension of parental rights to gay couples. 

"Marriage and adoption [of children] go together, because obviously when you talk about marriage you also talk about childbearing. There is discrimination against children, which must be removed," Dimitris Tsiodras, head of the Greek prime minister's press office, told television channel ANT1 on Wednesday. 

"The bill will be tabled, because it solves problems. The prime minister has said that it will  be tabled and it will in the order he considers appropriate," he said about the timing of the submission. He also clarified that the bill "is not a matter for the Church, it's a matter for the executive and legislative."

Premier Kyriakos Mitsotakis said shortly after his reelection in 2023 that he plans to legalize...