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<br /> <p>A German football club celebrated the country’s legalization of same-sex marriage</a> on June 30 by raising a rainbow flag outside its ground in Berlin.</p><p>German MPs voted 393 to 226 in favor of legalizing same-sex marriage. Chancellor Angela Merkel, while supporting the introduction of the bill, and allowing her party’s delegates a free vote, voted against.</p><p>The video shows Hertha Berlin’s manager, Michael Preetz, helping raise the flag. Credit: Twitter/Hertha BSC via Storyful</p><br />
<br /> <p>A German football club celebrated the country’s legalization of same-sex marriage</a> on June 30 by raising a rainbow flag outside its ground in Berlin.</p><p>German MPs voted 393 to 226 in favor of legalizing same-sex marriage. Chancellor Angela Merkel, while supporting the introduction of the bill, and allowing her party’s delegates a free vote, voted against.</p><p>The video shows Hertha Berlin’s manager, Michael Preetz, helping raise the flag. Credit: Twitter/Hertha BSC via Storyful</p><br />
