The Washington Blade reports that last Friday saw Finland's President Sauli Niinistö sign recent legislation into law that legalizes same-sex marriage for the Scandinavian country.
Niinistö signed the measure roughly four months after lawmakers in the Scandinavian country narrowly approved the measure. They considered the bill after supporters of marriage rights for same-sex couples collected more than 166,000 signatures to bring it before the Finnish Parliament.
Finland’s same-sex marriage law is scheduled to take effect on March 1, 2017.
In other international news, Ireland will be voting on marriage equality on May 22nd. Polls show over 60% of voters support the measure.
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