In the untry that first legalized gay marriage, the Dutch crown prcs has the right to marry a person of any genr whout givg up her right to the throne, the Prime Mister of the Netherlands said on Tuday.
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20 YEARS OF GAY MARRIAGE THE NETHERLANDS: 20 THOAND UPL
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AMSTERDAM - Twenty years ago, Dutch uple Gert Kasteel and Dolf Pasker ma history when they tied the knot the world’s first legally-regnized same-sex weddg the were among four gay upl — three male and one female — to be married shortly after midnight by the mayor of Amsterdam on April 1, Thursday, they celebrated their 20th anniversari small groups or at home due to COVID-19 social distancg l that prevented large gathergs. ”All four gay marriag have passed the tt of time. At the start of this year, the Netherlands had 20 thoand gay upl.
Until the troductn of gay marriage 2001, same-sex upl uld only formalise their relatnship through a registered partnership. Even after gay marriage was troduced, relatively many same-sex upl have been optg for a registered partnership stead of a marriage. Sce 2015, the share of gay upl optg for a partnership has creased.
The divorce rate among heterosexual upl is parable to that of gay male upl: 16 percent were divorced after ten years.