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Officials refuse two Russian women same sex marriage
May 12, 2009 at 15:47Irina Fedotova and Irina Shipitko were handed a written rejection from a registry office in central Moscow Tuesday.
Official Svetlana Potamoshneva said Russian law recognizes a marriage only between a man and a woman.
Fedotova said she and her partner now plan to get married in Canada. She said Russia recognizes marriages registered abroad thus allowing the couple to formalize their relationship.
Russia decriminalized homosexuality in 1993, but opposition to gay rights remains widespread.