Latvia and Poland mull over gay rights

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16th December 2005

Latvia has inserted a clause forbidding gay marriages into its constitution, Polish papers report - but campaigners plan to appeal the move in EU courts.

Meanwhile, regional courts in Poznan, Poland, cannot make up their minds if a recent equal rights march - broken up by police - was legal or not, with one chamber saying yes and another no.

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