# Same-sex marriage:  United States lags behind Albania \[duplicate\]

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That little backwater of Europe, Albania, may be the next country to implement same-sex marriage, according to this article: [Albanian gays welcome PM’s same-sex marriage plan](http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE56U49G20090731):

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> Albania’s homosexuals won more than they had hoped for after the government said it planned to allow same-sex marriages despite opposition from religious leaders and politicians.
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> The proposal put forward by Prime Minister Sali Berisha on Thursday faces a tough fight in parliament.
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> But should he make good on his plans, Albania would join European Union members The Netherlands, Belgium, and Spain in giving gay couples the same rights as heterosexual couples and would be the first country in the Balkans to do so.