The Sri Lankan government has rejected a request by the British government to legalise gay marriage on the island, reported Colombo Gazette.
Speaking to newspaper editors in Colombo, Economic Affairs Minister Basil Rajapaksa said that Britain had put it forward in the form of a condition to receive British aid, but that the government was not prepared to agree to the request.
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