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.
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- CALIFORNIA VOTERS WILL BE ASKED TO REAFFIRM GAY MARRIAGE PROTECTNS ON 2024 BALLOT
- GAY MARRIAGE AROUND THE WORLD
CALIFORNIA VOTERS WILL BE ASKED TO REAFFIRM GAY MARRIAGE PROTECTNS ON 2024 BALLOT
California voters will be asked to affirm gay marriage rights on the 2024 ballot followg Prop. 8 ncerns about the state nstutn. * gay marriage world wiki *
Californians will vote on a proposal to amend the state Constutn on the 2024 ballot to reaffirm gay marriage rights — a ut move that amid natnal anxiety after recent lgs by the nservative-leang U.
Although there is no current threat to the legaly of gay marriage, and Print Bin signed a bill safeguardg last year, the Democratic-domant state Legislature is seekg to remove language om California’s Constutn that still f marriage as between a man and outdated state fn has been emed unenforceable and unnstutnal thanks to feral law, but LGBTQ advocy groups are askg voters to repeal and amend the California Constutn to stead explicly state that marriage is “a fundamental right. Gav Newsom was out of state, Senate lear Toni Atks (D-San Diego) signed bills to law on his behalf as the first out gay actg ernor.
GAY MARRIAGE AROUND THE WORLD
This chart shows the untri worldwi that allow gay marriage. * gay marriage world wiki *
Opn polls certaly do suggt that Ireland is on urse to jo the world's 18 other untri where gay marriage is legal. 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, however, Hungarian lawmakers and populist Prime Mister Viktor Orban have passed several anti-LGBTQ+ laws, cludg on that prohib same-sex upl om adoptg children and ban any ntent emed to promote beg gay or transgenr om beg distributed to people unr the age of eighteen.