The First Countri to Legalize Gay Marriage - WorldAtlas

Contents:

• THE FIRST COUNTRI TO LEGALIZE GAY MARRIAGE
• WHAT WAS THE FIRST UNTRY TO LEGALIZE GAY MARRIAGE?
• COUNTRI WHERE GAY MARRIAGE IS LEGAL 2023
• IRELAND BE FIRST UNTRY TO LEGALISE GAY MARRIAGE BY POPULAR VOTE
• COUNTRI WHERE GAY MARRIAGE IS LEGAL

THE FIRST COUNTRI TO LEGALIZE GAY MARRIAGE

In July of 2010, Argenta beme the first Lat Amerin untry to legalize same-sex marriag, attributg Argente gay people the same maral rights as the natn's heterosexuals.

One of the leadg proponents of same-sex marriag was the Print of the untry, Crista Fernánz Kirchner, who nstantly fought for regnn of the rights of the homosexuals, though agast the will of the Roman Catholic Church. The untry, then head by a Prime Mister Johanna Sigurdardottir, who openly clared herself to be gay, met ltle polil ristance passg this law.

Currently, Iceland is regard as one of the most gay-iendly untri the world, wh a large number of foreign same-sex upl visg Iceland to get married there.

WHAT WAS THE FIRST UNTRY TO LEGALIZE GAY MARRIAGE?

Swen was th one of the first few untri to signate legally regnized partnership rights to gay upl the mid 1990s, and also allowed such upl to adopt children as early as 2002. The Lutheran Church of Swen had agreed to bls gay partnerships sce 2007, but were not yet ready to allow gay weddgs their church.

This law th allowed gay partners to marry civil or relig ceremoni, to adopt children, and to partake artificial sematn. The Church of Norway was spl on this issue of gay marriage legalizatn 2013, but, 2015, the General Synod of the Church of Norway voted favor of offerg servic to same sex marriage ceremoni.

COUNTRI WHERE GAY MARRIAGE IS LEGAL 2023

After the Bill received Royal Assent on July 20, 2005, fally beme active, givg gay upl the opportuny to rejoice. Over the next 10 years to follow, around 31, 610 same-sex marriag took place Spa, renrg Spa as one the bt untri for gay rights.

Followg years of heated bat and signifint protts by Belgian gay-rights anizatns, upled wh the risg acceptance of gay rights among the Belgian muny, the bill legalizg gay marriag were fally approved by 91 of the 122 puti of the Belgian Parliament’s lower hoe. It was two years later that such me to un, when 2005 a new bill was passed, grantg gay upl the right to adopt children.

IRELAND BE FIRST UNTRY TO LEGALISE GAY MARRIAGE BY POPULAR VOTE

As early as the mid-1980s, gay rights anizatns had been active the untry mandg legal regnn of same-sex marriag. That untry was the Dutch law went further than Denmark's, effectively elimatg any distctn at all between heterosexual and homosexual marriage.

So far 2015, four untri have legalized same-sex marriage, cludg the Uned how has the Netherlands ped sce legalizg gay marriage? "At the time I opposed same-sex marriage, I was led by fear, " Hannie van Lewen, lear of the Christian Democrat party and opponent to the gay marriage law, was reported to have said jt a few years later.

COUNTRI WHERE GAY MARRIAGE IS LEGAL

"And evince suggts that while discrimatn was far om totally eradited by the Netherland's gay marriage law, the stutn of marriage has suffered no ill effects at all. 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. 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.