Voters in Switzerland approved a measure on Sunday making it legal for same-sex couples to get married and adopt children.
Results provided by the Swiss federal chancellery show it was passed by a nearly two-thirds majority, Reuters reports. Switzerland is one of the last Western European countries to legalize gay marriage, and Antonia Hauswirth of the Marriage for All committee told Reuters supporters of the measure are "very happy and relieved."
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