Russia registers first same-sex marriage — by mistake
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January 29, 2018
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January 29, 2018 1:36 PM EST
Pavel Stotzko and Yevgeny Voitsekhovsky are pictured next to their passports after getting married in Denmark.Russian LGBT Network / Facebook
MOSCOW — Two men have been able to register their marriage in Russia, a first for the country that the Interior Ministry attributes to a bureaucratic error.
Russia doesn’t recognize same-sex marriage and has a law banning the dissemination of gay “propaganda” to minors, so Pavel Stotzko and Yevgeny Voitsekhovsky’s claim that their marriage was officially registered has caused an uproar.
The couple says they got married in Denmark and submitted their passports to a registrar’s office, where a clerk docilely put marriage stamps on the travel documents last week.
The Interior Ministry says the passports will be withdrawn and the clerk who stamped them fired.
Russian LGBT Network, a gay rights group, said Monday that the newlyweds have left Russia, fearing for their security amid official pressure.
Russia registers first same-sex marriage
Associated Press
More from Associated Press
Published:
January 29, 2018
Updated:
January 29, 2018 1:36 PM EST
Pavel Stotzko and Yevgeny Voitsekhovsky are pictured next to their passports after getting married in Denmark.Russian LGBT Network / Facebook
MOSCOW — Two men have been able to register their marriage in Russia, a first for the country that the Interior Ministry attributes to a bureaucratic error.
Russia doesn’t recognize same-sex marriage and has a law banning the dissemination of gay “propaganda” to minors, so Pavel Stotzko and Yevgeny Voitsekhovsky’s claim that their marriage was officially registered has caused an uproar.
The couple says they got married in Denmark and submitted their passports to a registrar’s office, where a clerk docilely put marriage stamps on the travel documents last week.
The Interior Ministry says the passports will be withdrawn and the clerk who stamped them fired.
Russian LGBT Network, a gay rights group, said Monday that the newlyweds have left Russia, fearing for their security amid official pressure.
Russia registers first same-sex marriage
