Putin Backs Banning Adoption by Foreign Same-Sex Couples
Published: June 4, 2013 | 4:06 pm
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(CNA)-President Vladimir Putin will back a ban on same-sex couples from abroad adopting Russian children, he said on Tuesday.
“As for a law restricting adoptions of children from Russia by same-sex families … if such a law is passed by parliament I will sign it,” Putin told a news conference after the Russia-EU summit in the city of Yekaterinburg.
Legislation allowing only “traditional” foreign families to adopt Russian children would be submitted to parliament this year.
Same-sex couples are not recognized under Russian law and cannot adopt.
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