by Rex Wockner
The Athens Pride Committee staged a demonstration in front of the Greek Parliament Sept. 29 in support of the mayor of the Aegean island of Tilos and two same-sex couples he married in June.
In a trial scheduled to begin Oct. 2 in the Court of First Instance on the island of Rhodes, prosecutors will seek to nullify the marriages and convict Mayor Anastasios Aliferis of breach of duty, which carries a prison sentence of up to five years.
Greece's marriage law doesn't specifically prohibit marriage between people of the same sex.
But the nation's top public prosecutor, Giorgos Sanidas, has said a constitutional article on family issues implies that marriage is only between a man and a woman.
