Sort through the more than 30 jurisdictns that have enacted laws allowg gays and lbians to marry.
Contents:
- WHEN DID BEG GAY BEE LEGAL THE UK?
- FIRST COUPL WED AS GAY MARRIAGE BE LEGAL UK
- WHERE EUROPE STANDS ON GAY MARRIAGE AND CIVIL UNNS
WHEN DID BEG GAY BEE LEGAL THE UK?
The rultg aln ernment ially said would reta a ban on gay marriage.
As of 2020, the most recent year for which there is data, more than 42,000 gay upl England and Wal had tied the knot. (Stland and Northern Ireland passed separate laws.) Pollg June found that more than three-quarters of Brons now support gay marriage, up om jt over half 2012. It end Sectn 28, which prevented schools and lol thori om “promotg homosexualy” and troduced civil partnerships.
FIRST COUPL WED AS GAY MARRIAGE BE LEGAL UK
“I don’t support gay marriage spe beg a Conservative. Gay marriag beme not an abstract threat but somethg unrtaken by iends, lleagu, neighbours.
Almost half of Brons now say they know a married gay uple. Gordon Brown, Mr Cameron’s precsor, opposed gay marriage office bee was “timately bound up wh qutns of relig eedom”.
Though Bra was not the first to legalise , 19 other untri have sce given gay marriage their blsg. But has led to a of eccliastil disrd as liberal members of the church argue for the right to perform or partake gay marriag. A group of mps led by Ben Bradshaw, a gay Anglin, is lookg at ways to amend the legislatn to allow willg prits and parish to take part, which they argue uld also help boost dwdlg numbers the aisl.
WHERE EUROPE STANDS ON GAY MARRIAGE AND CIVIL UNNS
The first same-sex marriag Bra were held early Saturday morng after gay marriage beme legal at midnight. “Congratulatns to the gay upl who have already been married – and my bt wish to those about to be on this historic day, ” Uned Kgdom Prime Mister David Cameron tweeted Saturday morng.
Polls show about two-thirds of people the untry support gay unns, the Associated Prs reports. Gay upl England have been allowed to enter “civil partnerships, ” nferrg the same legal rights as marriage, sce 2005. Bra banned schools and thori om “promotg” homosexualy until 2003.