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October 23, 2020

Venezuelan President Calls on National Assembly to Pass Marriage Equality Bill
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In Venezuela, President Nicolás Maduro has asked lawmakers to begin
discussions on marriage equality in January. This follows Pope Francis's
recently published comments supporting civil unions for LGBTQ people.
This is Maduro speaking Thursday.

President Nicolás Maduro: "I have friends and acquaintances who are very
happy with what the pope said yesterday. I will leave that task, the
task of LGBT marriage, to the next National Assembly."



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