by Rex Wockner
International News
The mayor of Tilos, a Greek island in the Aegean Sea, married two same-sex couples June 3.
Anastasios Aliferis said Greece's marriage law doesn't prohibit marriages between people of the same sex.
While that's true, Aliferis was nonetheless quickly charged with breach of duty by a prosecutor on nearby Rhodes, a crime that can bring a five-year prison sentence.
The nation's top public prosecutor, Giorgos Sanidas, said that a constitutional article on family issues does imply that marriage is between a man and a woman.
Aliferis remains defiant, saying he "can't believe that someone would be prosecuted for defending human rights."
Dimitris Tsambrounis, one of the grooms, said in an e-mail: "This was really a huge, shocking, unexpected, well-planned event. I am so happy and proud to have been one of the main persons involved in that."