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Contents:

• LATVIA BE 7TH NATN TO BE LED BY AN OPENLY GAY HEAD OF STATE
• MANY BRONS HAVE CHANGED THEIR MDS ON GAY MARRIAGE
• A NATNWI STUDY OF NORWEGIAN BELIEFS ABOUT SAME-SEX MARRIAGE AND LBIAN AND GAY PARENTHOOD
• BEG GAY NORWAY BEFORE WAS LEGAL, PART 1
• CHURCH OF NORWAY APPROV GAY MARRIAGE AFTER 20 YEARS OF INTERNAL DEBATE
• NORWAY GAY TRAVEL
• NORWAY PASS LAW APPROVG GAY MARRIAGE

LATVIA BE 7TH NATN TO BE LED BY AN OPENLY GAY HEAD OF STATE

”Xavier Bettel Prime Mister of Luxembourg (2013-prent)Luxembourg Prime Mister Xavier Bettel at a news nference Belgra, Serbia, on July Vojovic / APBettel was first elected prime mister of Luxembourg 2013, and 2018 he beme the first openly gay prime mister the world to be re-elected for a send marriage beme legal Luxembourg 2015, and the same year Bettel beme the first servg European Unn lear to marry a same-sex partner, the BBC recently cricized a Hungarian law that bans school tnal materials and TV shows for people unr 18 that are emed to promote LGBTQ ntent, Rters reported.

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. Slovenia 2022EuropeFirst untry formerly munist Eastern Europe to legalize same-sex Ai 2006Sub-Saharan AiOnly Ain untry where same-sex marriage is legal; several untri on the ntent have passed laws that ban homosexualy recent 2005EuropeBeme the third untry globally to legalize same-sex marriage after a vote s closely divid 2009EuropeGay and lbian upl Swen prevly had been allowed to register for civil unns sce 1995.

MANY BRONS HAVE CHANGED THEIR MDS ON GAY MARRIAGE

1%) st ballots favor of legalizg same-sex marriage a 2021 2019Asia-PacificA urt lg prompted a change the law that ma Taiwan the first jurisdictn Asia to perm gays and lbians to Kgdom 2014EuropeLegal same-sex marriage took effect Northern Ireland 2020, six years after the change England and Wal.

Icelandic Prime Mister Johanna Sigurdardottir ma history Febary 2009 when she beme the untry's first female prime mister and the world's first openly gay head of marriage beme legal Swen on May 1, 2009, followg the enactment of a marriage law passed by the Swedish Parliament early April. This article reports fdgs om a natnwi study vtigatg Norwegian beliefs about equal marriage and parentg rights for lbian, gay and heterosexual upl and the welfare of children wh lbian and gay Norway, there has been a seri of chang the legal stat of homosexuals sce the removal of male homosexualy om the Crimal Co 1972.

A NATNWI STUDY OF NORWEGIAN BELIEFS ABOUT SAME-SEX MARRIAGE AND LBIAN AND GAY PARENTHOOD

Twenty years later, when the Law on Registered Partnership was troduced, lbian and gay upl were at large granted the same legal rights as heterosexual upl except for church weddgs, jot adoptn and state-sponsored assisted fertilizatn (Halvorsen 1998). Today, Norway is nsired one of the most liberal untri the world wh regard to securg equal legal rights for heterosexuals and homosexuals (Anrssen and Hellund 2009; Badgett 2004) and was the first among the Nordic untri to troduce a genr-ntral Marriage Act.

This mak Norway an tertg se to study more public bate the perd leadg up to Norway’s new genr-ntral Marriage Law vered a spectm of topics related to marriage rights for same-sex upl, but maly centred on lbian and gay parenthood (Folgerø, 2008) and whether was the child’s bt tert to grant lbian and gay upl the right to bee parents.

BEG GAY NORWAY BEFORE WAS LEGAL, PART 1

They argued that the genr-ntral Marriage Law would facilate eedom om discrimatn for children raised lbian and gay relatnships whilst general preventg prejudiced and moralizg notns ncerng lbian and gay parentg and children growg up wh lbian and gay parents. Conversely, var groups argued that there had been sufficient rearch to the nsequenc for children followg provisns for equal parentg rights for lbian, gay and heterosexual upl the new genr-ntral Marriage Law and that the had not received aquate nsiratn. A siar divisn of opns and arguments between supporters and opponents have also been intified the public bate other untri where qutns such as legal regnn of marriage and parentg rights for lbian and gay upl have been on the polil agenda, such as the USA, France and Swen (Eskridge 2001; Government Commissn 2006; Pew Rearch Center 2009; Price et al.

CHURCH OF NORWAY APPROV GAY MARRIAGE AFTER 20 YEARS OF INTERNAL DEBATE

In a lerature review on discrimatn of lbian, gay, bisexual and HIV-posive persons Norway, Danielsen (2005) monstrated that Norwegian legislatn at that time uld be terpreted a way that society did not want lbian and gay upl to re for children.

The proposal was rejected maly bee genr-ntral marriage legislatn tomatilly would imply equal parentg rights for lbian, gay and heterosexual upl (Government Commissn 2006) 1998, 25% of the Norwegian populatn supported adoptn rights for lbian and gay upl, whilst a clear majory was agast (MMI 1998). In 2006, 44% of Danish rponnts, 51% of Swedish rponnts and 32% of the overall EU populatn generally supported adoptn rights for lbian and gay upl (European Commissn 2006), whilst the support for lbian and gay adoptn rights among the US populatn was 46% (People Prs Organizatn 2009). In general, average public opn Europe seems to reflect a more tolerant attu towards same-sex marriag than to legal provisns to secure equal adoptn rights for lbian and gay upl, whilst the USA, more people support adoptn rights for lbian and gay upl than marriage rights.

Beliefs About the Welfare of Children wh Lbian and Gay ParentsAcrdg to Herek (2006), ncerns about the welfare of children wh lbian and gay parents, and their needs and terts wh rpect to lbian and gay parenthood, have always been an tegral part of the bate on equal marriage rights for lbian and gay upl. (2008), vtigatg populatn attus towards lbian and gay parents and projected out for their children (n = 1, 217), found that lbian and gay parents were nsistently rated ls favourably than heterosexual parents across variabl such as nurturg abily and suabily as role mols.

NORWAY GAY TRAVEL

The study further dited that “participants believed that children raised by gay male and lbian parents would be more likely to experience nfn over their genr inty and sexual orientatn, be homosexual, experience straed peer relatnship, stigma and teasg” (p. Rponnts who reported that they were opposed to grantg lbian and gay upl parentg rights on at least five out of six statements were classified as “Negative to equal parentg rights”, whereas rponnts who supported equal parentg rights on at least five out of six statements were classified as “Posive to equal parentg rights”.

In 2009, 86% of Norwegian habants between the ag of 9 and 79 years had accs to the Inter at home (Statistics Norway 2010a, b) Analysis PlanFrequency analysis was ed to display attus towards marriage and parentg rights and beliefs about the welfare of children wh gay and lbian parents. A substantial proportn reported that they neher agreed nor disagreed, or that they were uncerta whether they thought gay and lbian upl should be granted the same legal rights to bee parents as heterosexual women (42%) than men (25%) reported that they thought gay men should be allowed to e legal surrogacy arrangements abroad and that egg donatn (women, 62%; men, 50%) and surrogacy regulated forms (women, 44%; men, 30%) should be allowed Norway. Demographics and Beliefs About Equal Parentg RightsTable 4 shows the percentage of participants who exprsed negative, posive and neher posive nor negative attus towards grantg gay and lbian upl the same legal rights to bee parents as heterosexual upl, stratified by selected background variabl.

NORWAY PASS LAW APPROVG GAY MARRIAGE

Male participants, olr participants, those who were parents, those who reported that they would vote for centre and right-wg parti, and those who reported that they have a high relig fah were most negative towards grantg gay and lbian upl equal parentg rights. Siar analys were performed to intify the background variabl of the participants who had negative attus towards equal marriage rights (those who rpond negatively to at least two out of the three statements on beliefs about equal marriage rights sle) and also for participants who had ncerns about the welfare of children wh gay and lbian parents (those who exprsed ncerns on at least five out of eight statements on beliefs about the welfare of children wh lbian and gay parents sle). In this mol, genr, age, populatn nsy and tn did not expla any of the variance, whereas beg parents, polil affiliatn and relig fah also ma a substantial ntributn to explag beliefs about equal parentg rights for lbian, gay and heterosexual upl.

Our data further show that beg olr, beg a parent, havg a high relig fah and votg for centre or right-wg parti also predict negative beliefs about equal marriage and parentg rights for lbian, gay and heterosexual upl as well as ncern for the welfare of children wh lbian and gay parents.

The fact that beliefs about same-sex marriage rights, lbian and gay parenthood and beliefs about the welfare of children wh lbian and gay parents at large are predicted by the same mographic variabl, cludg relign and polil affiliatn, is supported by earlier fdgs (e.

High rat of habatn and fay polici that reflect a flexible and pragmatic adaptatn to the changg habatn patterns (cludg systems for fancial support; Noack 2001) make plsible that Sndavian populatns are more likely than others to support same-sex marriage rights and be novators givg marriage-like rights to gays and lbians.