Portuguese President Anibal Cavaco Silva will veto a gay marriage bill approved by lawmakers in February

Portuguese President Anibal Cavaco Silva will veto a gay marriage bill approved by lawmakers in February, 'Radio Renascenca' reported.

Cavaco Silva will veto the bill soon after Pope Benedict's arrival on May 11.

Last month, the president, a Roman Catholic and a member of the PSD party, groups which oppose the legalization of gay marriage, forwarded four out of five of the bill's articles to the country's Constitutional Court, setting aside a measure that prohibits gay adoption. He said he did so because he doubted the bill's constitutionality, but refused to say why he did not include the article on adoption.

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