Exactly 20 years ago, one lbian uple and three gay upl tied the knot Amsterdam's cy hall - makg history as the Netherlands beme the first untry to allow same-sex marriage, a step sce followed by nearly 30 other natns.
Contents:
- TOTALLY OH-GAY: THE NETHERLANDS N HAVE A KG OR QUEEN A SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
- DUTCH FETE 20 YEARS OF GAY MARRIAGE
- DUTCH GET USED TO GAY MARRIAGE
TOTALLY OH-GAY: THE NETHERLANDS N HAVE A KG OR QUEEN A SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
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LONDON, April 1 (Thomson Rters Foundatn) - Exactly 20 years ago, one lbian uple and three gay upl tied the knot Amsterdam’s cy hall - makg history as the Netherlands beme the first untry to allow same-sex marriage, a step sce followed by nearly 30 other the two s sce the law took effect, thoands of gay and lbian upl have wed the Netherlands - reprentg 1. 7% of all marriag, acrdg to the natnal statistics 750 lbian upl and 620 gay male upl have married on average annually over the last five years, and there are now some 20, 000 married same-sex upl livg the untry, official data the past five years, more than 400 same-sex marriag have end divorce on average annually - wh the divorce rate for lbian upl almost twice as high as that of gay are some key facts about the legal regnn of same-sex upl around the world:- Same-sex marriage is legal 28 untri: Argenta, Atralia, Atria, Belgium, Brazil, Bra, Canada, Colombia, Costa Ri, Denmark, Ecuador, Fland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexi, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, South Ai, Spa, Swen, Uguay and the Uned Stat.
- Gay marriage is hotly ntted by many relig groups. 2020, but anti-gay marriage mpaigners are gatherg signatur to put the issue to a natnal referendum this year before the law tak effect.
- Taiwan was the first place Asia to allow gay marriag 2019. Sourc: ILGA State-Sponsored Homophobia report, Pew Rearch Centre, Thomson Rters Foundatn, Rters (Reportg by Rachel Savage @rachelmsavage; Edg by Helen Popper and Hugo Greenhalgh. Sce then, over 15, 000 homosexual upl have married.
DUTCH FETE 20 YEARS OF GAY MARRIAGE
Nowadays several other untri Europe (such as Spa and Belgium) have also provid for gay marriage, but same-sex upl should always bear md that their marriage and s nsequenc will not be accepted every untry. And Canadian church, voted Wednday (June 15) at s annual synod to dify s opposn to homosexual sex by elevatg to the stat of nfsn, or claratn of fah. The vote, followg a long day of bate, approv a list of what the nomatn lls sexual immoraly won’t tolerate, cludg “adultery, premaral sex, extra-maral sex, polyamory, pornography and homosexual sex.
It allows a stunt group, the Sexualy and Genr Alliance, to functn on mp and the 2020-21 school year the universy did not challenge an openly gay stunt body print. Its 1973 report on homosexualy distguished between homosexual activy and homosexual orientatn, notg that same-sex attractn, and of self, was not sful and that people don’t have a choice who they are attracted to.
DUTCH GET USED TO GAY MARRIAGE
The Dutch prime mister has rpond as expected given the Netherlands’ stance on gay-marriage, fally slammg the 2000 ernmental stance on the subject to a wall.
More pennts who lean toward the Democratic Party (81%) favor gay marriage than Democrats (71%). In Ai, where relig and cultural tradns often own on homosexualy, no untry appears on track to soon jo South Ai legalizg same-sex marriage.