Wedding bells are expected to ring in Chile after lawmakers overwhelmingly approved a bill to legalize same-sex marriage in the South American country December 7.
Chile's lower house of parliament passed the bill 82-20. There were two abstentions. Shortly after, the Senate voted 21-8. There were three abstentions.
Outgoing right-wing, conservative Chilean President Sebastian Pinera is expected to sign the bill into law when it reaches his desk.
The law will allow same-sex couples the same rights as opposite-sex couples, including adoption, reproductive technology, parental rights over biological or adopted children, inheritance, and other rights.