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• GETTG MARRIED THE UK GAY MARRIAGE LAWS UK
• GAY MARRIAGE COUNTRI
• MANY BRONS HAVE CHANGED THEIR MDS ON GAY MARRIAGE
• GAY MARRIAG ULD BE NSIRED AS SOON AS NEXT YEAR BY THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND
• WHAT ABOUT GAY CHRISTIANS WHO WANT TO GET MARRIED CHURCH?
• FIRST CHURCH WEDDG FOR GAY UPLE IS HELD UK

GETTG MARRIED THE UK GAY MARRIAGE LAWS UK

Image source, ThkstockImage ptn, Gay upl are expected to be able to marry next yearSame-sex upl will be able to get married England and Wal after new measur beme law. The ernment's ntroversial legislatn on the issue received Royal Assent on Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrat learships all backed the proposals, which were fally approved by MPs and peers earlier this is expected that the first gay and lbian weddg ceremoni will take place by summer next the terms of the Marriage (Same Sex Coupl) Bill, relig anisatns will have to "opt " to offerg weddgs, wh the Church of England and Church Wal beg banned law om dog so.

'Bulldozed'MPs cid not to oppose a number of mor chang agreed by the Hoe of Lords and approved the legislatn on will also be a review of whether groups such as the humanists will be allowed to rry out marriag, while misters said they were prepared to look at elimatg any difference the treatment of gay upl when me to pensn the Commons bate, Equali Mister Maria Miller said the passg of the bill was "clear affirmatn" that "rpect for each and every person is paramount, regardls of age, relign, genr, ethnicy or sexualy", she Conservative MP Sir Gerald Howarth, one of the bill's opponents, said was "astonishg that a bill for which there is absolutely no mandate, agast which a majory of Conservativ voted, has been bulldozed through both Ho" add: "I thk the ernment should thk very refully future if they want the support of the bench. To date, thirty untri have approved the eedom to marry for same sex upl, and there are other untri takg steps toward …I have listed all the gay marriage untri below (followed by the untri which regnise Same Sex Civil Unns).

The first untry to legalise gay marriage was The Netherlands 2000 followed by Belgium 2003.

GAY MARRIAGE COUNTRI

Ireland recently ma history beg the first untry the world to legalise gay marriage by popular vote… appears as if the ti is turng. As of July 2020 here is a list of Gay Marriage Countri:. Japan (Iga, Naha, Setagaya, Shibuya, Takaraza).

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.

) 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.

MANY BRONS HAVE CHANGED THEIR MDS ON GAY MARRIAGE

“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.

GAY MARRIAG ULD BE NSIRED AS SOON AS NEXT YEAR BY THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND

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.

WHAT ABOUT GAY CHRISTIANS WHO WANT TO GET MARRIED CHURCH?

Media ptn, Peter McGrah and David Cabreza, John Coffey and Bernardo Marti, and Andrew Wale and Neil Allard were among the first gay upl to marryThe first same-sex weddgs have taken place after gay marriage beme legal England and Wal at midnight. David Cameron said the move sent a msage that people were now equal "whether gay or straight", but some relig groups rema opposed.

"The law change would enurage young people unsure of their sexualy, he source, Getty ImagImage ptn, Tera Millward and Helen Brearley married HalifaxImage source, APImage ptn, Sean Adl-Tabatabai and Sclair Treadway married the uncil chamber at Camn Town Hall LondonImage source, PAImage ptn, Sandi Toksvig and her partner Debbie renewed their civil partnership vows at an event London celebratg the law changeLater on Saturday morng, Mr Cameron tweeted: "Congratulatns to the gay upl who have already been married - and my bt wish to those about to be on this historic day. "This is an credibly happy time for so many gay upl and lbian upl who will be gettg married, but 's an credibly proud time for our untry as well, regnisg equal marriage law, " he said. Mr Tatchell said the uple and all the others gettg married had "ma history" and "ma Bra a more tolerant, equal place" a crowd of photographers, journalists and well-wishers wag, the uple took the opportuny to highlight the ternatnal stggle for gay McGrah said: "Very few untri afford their gay and lbian cizens equal marriage rights and we believe that this change law will brg hope and strength to gay men and lbians Nigeria, Uganda, Rsia, India and elsewhere, who lack basic equaly and are beg crimalised for their sexual orientatn.

"Image source, Getty ImagImage ptn, Andrew Wale and Neil Allard were the first same-sex uple to marry BrightonImage source, AFPImage ptn, Phil Robathan and Jam Prton later married at Brighton Town HallLater on Saturday, a crowd of about 2, 000 people - which clud a number of celebri - gathered to watch edian Sandi Toksvig and her partner Debbie renew their civil partnership uple, who entered to a civil partnership seven years ago, exchanged vows on stage at the Royal Ftival Hall London at a special event to celebrate the troductn of gay marriage the UK. But some relig groups rema opposed to gay Williams, chief executive of Christian Concern, said: "We n't jt refe an stutn - refe somethg that always has been - bee we say 's somethg that we want.

FIRST CHURCH WEDDG FOR GAY UPLE IS HELD UK

The Roman Catholic Church oppos the change the gay virs, though, have said they are prepared to fy their bishops by sistg they have a right to ptn, The Rev Andrew Ca says he do not want nontatn wh the Church, but "mt do what is right"Among them is the Reverend Andrew Ca, who said the Church was enterg uncharted terrory, but he would not be "ightened" out of dog what he believed was Ca, who plans to marry his partner the summer, said he would do so whether the Church approved or not. The world beyond the church has set the moral agenda, and those who kneel wh our footballers, or who see no difference between attendg the marriage of their gay or their straight iends or work lleagu, fd the muny of fah to be wantg and ed creasgly offensive.

Gay and lbian clergy are permted to be relatnships so long as they are celibate.

For same-sex upl, beg gay and beg a Christian don’t always f together easily, pecially when they are makg plans for their weddg day.