Chile same-sex marriage: Piñera vows to push bill in surprising move

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Chile’s president has vowed to push a same-sex marriage bill that is stalled in Congress, a surprising move that stunned his conservative allies.

“I think the time for equal marriage has come,” said Sebastián Piñera, whose popularity has plummeted after street protests and a worsening economy.

The country’s LGBT community has long pushed for the legislation in the historically Catholic country.

But one of the president’s allies labelled the decision as a “betrayal”.

The country approved