Cuba approves same-sex marriage in unusual referendum

Cuba’s President Miguel Diaz Canel speaks to the press after casting his vote at a polling station (Ramon Espinosa/AP)

Cubans have approved a sweeping “family law” code that will allow same-sex couples to marry and adopt as well as redefining rights for children and grandparents, officials said.

It comes in spite of opposition in the national referendum being unusually strong on the Communist Party-governed island.