Swiss State Revokes Ban on Concubinage
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From Reuters
GLARUS, Switzerland — Voters in the mountain canton of Glarus in eastern Switzerland decided Sunday to lift the prohibition on concubinage--unmarried couples living together.
About 7,500 men and women gathered to take part in the “Landsgemeinde,” a rare tradition in which citizens vote by show of hands on questions concerning the community.
Concubinage is still forbidden in a few Swiss cantons.
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