Who approved the proposal to legalize gay marriage?

Spain’s Upper House of Parliament, the Senate, have voted against the proposal to legalize gay marriage. The move follows a huge demonstration in Madrid at the weekend by conservative groups opposed to the socialist government’s full equality agenda. The legislation remains likely to become law anyway. It would make traditionally Catholic Spain the country with the highest recognition of homosexual rights in Europe. The Senate defeated the gay marriage bill when members of the Catalan Christian Democrat Party joined the conservative opposition Popular party in opposing it. Their political group ranked amongst the tens of thousands, including nuns and bishops, who demonstrated against the measure in Madrid on Saturday.