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Germany celebrated s first same-sex weddgs Sunday after a new law me to force puttg gay and lbian upl on an equal legal footg wh heterosexual upl.

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GERMANY GAY MARRIAGE: COUPLE ARE FIRST TO MARRY UNR NEW LAW

Germany celebrated s first same-sex weddgs Sunday, after a new law me to force puttg gay and lbian upl on an equal legal footg wh heterosexual upl. * first gay marriage in germany *

Image source, EPAImage ptn, Karl Kreile (left) and Bodo Men, om Berl, have been together for 38 yearsTwo men have bee the first gay uple to marry Germany, on the day gay marriage beme legal Kreile and Bodo Men, a uple for 38 years, exchanged their vows at the town hall Schöneberg, Berl.

Gettg married will give gay upl the same tax advantag and adoptn rights as heterosexual upl. The partners were married a civil ceremony Schöneberg, the heart of Berl's historilly gay area, surround by fay, iends and a throng of journalists who were on hand to pture the historic moment. Germany beme the 15th European untry to legalize gay marriage June of this year.

GERMANY GAY MARRIAGE: COUPLE ARE FIRST TO MARRY UNR NEW LAW

Sort through the more than 30 jurisdictns that have enacted laws allowg gays and lbians to marry. * first gay marriage in germany *

WorldGermany celebrated s first same-sex weddgs Sunday, after a new law me to force puttg gay and lbian upl on an equal legal footg wh heterosexual and lbian upl now have same rights as heterosexual uplSame-sex uple Karl Kreil and Bodo Men bee Germany's first married gay uple on Sunday after German parliament approved marriage equaly a historic vote this past summer. (Axel Schmidt/Rters)Germany celebrated s first same-sex weddgs Sunday, after a new law me to force puttg gay and lbian upl on an equal legal footg wh heterosexual halls Berl, Hamburg and elsewhere opened their doors to mark the event, ma possible by a surprise vote parliament three months earlier.

Holland said was appropriate for Schoeneberg to hold the first same-sex weddg the untry bee has long been a centre of gay life the German 60 guts and an equal number of journalists packed to Schoeneberg town hall's "Goln Room" to wns the marriage of Karl Kreile and his partner of 38 years, Bodo Men. 'An emotnal moment' as first same-sex upl set to wed GermanyGermany vot to legalize same-sex marriage spe Merkel's thumbs downThe grooms entered the room to the popular Weddg March by 19th-century German poser Felix Menlssohn, before sayg their vows and signg the marriage documents to applse and cheers om the assembled, 59, said was an "credible honour" to be the first same-sex uple to marry Germany, notg that he and Men, 60, had been mpaigng for gay rights for cuttg the weddg ke — featurg a rabow flag and the words "marriage for all" — the uple planned to hold a small receptn and fly to Vienna later the week for a five-day honeymoon. "This day sends a signifint signal, which is that the state's discrimatn of lbians and gays is fished, " said Joerg Steert, who heads the Berl branch of Germany's lbian and gay associatn.

BERLIN (Rters) - Same-sex upl married Germany for the first time on Sunday, wh several dozen upl tyg the knot at civil registry offic that opened specially to mark the g to force of a law passed by parliament them were Karl Kreile, 59, and Bodo Men, 60, who beme Germany’s first married gay uple, exchangg vows at the town hall the Berl borough of Schoeneberg on Sunday after 38 years together. Speakg after the ceremony, Men lled for Germany and the European Unn to do more to promote gay rights across Europe.

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Especially more nservative regns of eastern Europe, acceptance of gay rights is still mimal. Thoands of German prits and church employe have also signed a petn llg on the Church to extend blsgs to same-sex upl, while some parish have also displayed rabow flags outsi Catholic Church Germany is more liberal and wealthy than many other untri and the creasgly vol acceptance of gay upl will be hard for the Vatin to ignore, the BBC's Damien McGuns Berl marriage has been legal Germany sce 2017 and the untry has also banned so-lled "gay nversn therapy" for might be terted :Media ptn, Comg out to my parents: Dad 'proud' of gay Mlim sonMore on this story.

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. Argenta 2010Lat Ameri-CaribbeanFirst untry Lat Ameri to allow gay and lbian upl to marry. Ecuador 2019Lat Ameri-CaribbeanCourt lg ma Ecuador the fifth South Amerin untry to allow gays and lbians to wed.

Two civil servants om Berl are expected to bee the first gay uple to tie the knot Germany when a law allowg same-sex marriag tak effect Sunday. * first gay marriage in germany *

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.

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