Where Europe stands on gay marriage and civil unns | Pew Rearch Center

Contents:

• GERMANY JT LEGALISED GAY MARRIAGE: HERE'S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
• GERMANY GAY MARRIAGE: COUPLE ARE FIRST TO MARRY UNR NEW LAW
• GERMAN CATHOLIC PRITS DEFY ROME TO OFFER BLSGS TO GAY COUPL
• WHERE EUROPE STANDS ON GAY MARRIAGE AND CIVIL UNNS
• COUNTRI WHERE GAY MARRIAGE IS LEGAL 2023
• DOZENS OF GERMAN PRITS WILL FY THE VATIN AND LIVE-STREAM BLSGS OF GAY UPL

GERMANY JT LEGALISED GAY MARRIAGE: HERE'S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

Image source, EPAImage ptn, Karl Kreile (left) and Bodo Men, om Berl, have been together for 38 yearsTwo men have bee the first gay uple to marry Germany, on the day gay marriage beme legal Kreile and Bodo Men, a uple for 38 years, exchanged their vows at the town hall Schöneberg, Berl. Sce the first same-sex marriag took place the Netherlands 2001, more than 30 other jurisdictns have enacted laws allowg gays and lbians to marry, mostly Europe and the Ameris. Ecuador 2019Lat Ameri-CaribbeanCourt lg ma Ecuador the fifth South Amerin untry to allow gays and lbians to wed.

GERMANY GAY MARRIAGE: COUPLE ARE FIRST TO MARRY UNR NEW LAW

Netherlands2001EuropeFirst untry to legalize same-sex marriage after Parliament passed the law December Zealand 2013Asia-PacificFirst untry the Asia-Pacific regn to allow gays and lbians to 2009EuropeThe law replaced a 1993 statute permtg civil unns.

GERMAN CATHOLIC PRITS DEFY ROME TO OFFER BLSGS TO GAY COUPL

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WHERE EUROPE STANDS ON GAY MARRIAGE AND CIVIL UNNS

The survey also found that more male gay marriag take place German ci, while female upl tend to get married smaller towns or villag.

COUNTRI WHERE GAY MARRIAGE IS LEGAL 2023

AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTMore than 100 Roman Catholic parish Germany held servic to bls gay upl, fiance of the Vatin’s refal to regnize same-sex Hoerhager/DPA, via Associated PrsBERLIN — More than 100 Roman Catholic parish Germany offered blsgs to gay upl on Monday fiance of church teachg and their own ll for natnwi blsgs me rponse to a cree issued by the Vatin on March 15, rercg the church’s prohibn of prits askg for God’s benevolence for gay upl, statg that God “do not and nnot bls s. “In view of the refal of the Congregatn for the Doctre of the Fah to bls homosexual partnerships, we raise our voic and say: We will ntue to acpany people who enter to a bdg partnership the future and bls their relatnship, ” the group said a statement. Church doctre says that while gay people mt be treated wh digny, homosexualy is “trsilly disorred.

” Pope Francis has not changed this teachg, but has ocsnally raised the hop of gay Catholics by speakg of the need to love and wele gay and transgenr German church is among the most powerful and liberal the world, and Roman Catholics everywhere were watchg the rponse to the blsgs for signals of how the church might rpond to attempts at reform om those the pews and om the prits who are often among those most active fdg ways to clu gay men and lbians the church. “There has been this credible discsn Germany about same-sex upl specifilly that has not taken place anywhere else, ” said Francis DeBernardo, the executive director of New Ways Mistry, which reprents gay and lbian Catholics the Uned Stat. “We held a blsg service this Valente’s Day, but was important to view of this story om Rome to send a clear signal that the church mt regnize, honor and appreciate life all of s many lors, ” said Father Mönkebüscher, who intifi as gay.

DOZENS OF GERMAN PRITS WILL FY THE VATIN AND LIVE-STREAM BLSGS OF GAY UPL

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Merkel Hochre, a board member of the Lbian and Gay Feratn Germany who attend the parliamentary bate, said of Ms. Volker Beck, a Green Party legislator and longtime mpaigner for gay rights, is retirg, and he was close to tears as he spoke to reporters after the upl Germany have been able to form civil unns sce 2001, and opn polls have shown for years that most Germans favor legalizg same-sex marriage. “It’s very posive for the self-teem of gays and lbians; ’s very important for people g out, knowg that they have this equaly; and sends a clear msage to any homophobic refuge g to Germany: We have equaly here, ” said Arnd Bächler, a unselor and addictn therapist at Berl’s gay unselg center.

Approval of same-sex marriage Germany uld build momentum for siar legislatn other German-speakg untri, like Atria and Swzerland, said Katr Hugendubel, advocy director of ILGA-Europe, a gay and transgenr rights group.