CAN SAME SEX COUPLES GET MARRIED IN TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO?

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Same sex couples cannot get married in Trinidad and Tobago. According to section 13(1) of the Matrimonial Proceedings and Property Act:

"13. (1) A marriage which takes place after the commencement of this Act shall be void on the following grounds...:
(c) that the parties are not respectively male and female."

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