Czech Republic to be first post-communist nation with gay marriage.

The Czech Republic accorded legal status to gay and lesbian couples in 2006 (File)

The Czech government on Friday backed draft legislation that would make the country the first post-communist member of the European Union to legalise same-sex marriage.

The legislation was drawn up by a group of 46 mostly leftist and centrist members of parliament from six of the nine parties in the lower house, including…