Germany’s Parliament Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage : German lawmakers have voted to legalize same-sex marriage in a snap vote only days after Chancellor Angela Merkel changed her longstanding position.

Lawmakers voted 393 for legalizing “marriage for everybody” and 226 against with 4 abstentions.

Merkel herself voted against the measure, but paved the way for Friday’s vote after saying Monday that lawmakers could take up the issue as a “question of conscience” — freeing members of her conservative coalition, which has been against same-sex marriage, to individually vote for it.

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Germany’s Parliament Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage : German lawmakers have voted to legalize same-sex marriage in a snap vote only days after Chancellor Angela Merkel changed her longstanding position.Lawmakers voted 393 for legalizing “marriage for everybody” and 226 against with 4 abstentions.Merkel herself voted againstthe measure, but paved the way for Friday’s vote after saying Monday that lawmakers could take up the issue as a “question of conscience” — freeing members of her conservative coalition, which has been against same-sex marriage, to individually vote for it.Germany’s Parliament Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage: German lawmakers have voted to legalize same-sex marriage in a snap vote only days after Chancellor Angela Merkel changed her longstanding position.Lawmakers voted 393 for legalizing “marriage for everybody” and 226 against with 4 abstentions.Merkel herself voted against the measure, but paved the way for Friday’s vote after saying Monday that lawmakers could take up the issue as a “question of conscience” — freeing members of her conservative coalition, which has been against same-sex marriage, to individually vote for it.Germany’s Parliament Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage: German lawmakers have voted to legalize same-sex marriage in a snap vote only days after Chancellor Angela Merkel changed her longstanding position.Lawmakers voted 393 for legalizing “marriage for everybody” and 226 against with 4 abstentions.Merkel herself voted against the measure, but paved the way for Friday’s vote after saying Monday that lawmakers could take up the