On April 1, 2001, the Netherlands beme the first untry the world to legalise same-sex marriage. 20,000 gay upl are now married.
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THE FIRST COUNTRI TO LEGALIZE GAY MARRIAGE
* netherlands first country to legalize gay marriage *
By last year, that figured had reached Ai, where relig and cultural tradns often own on homosexualy, no untry appears on track to soon jo South Ai legalizg same-sex suatn is more fluid Asia.
The lg has no immediate legal effect, but activists say uld fluence other urt s and boost their qut for parliamentary bate on allowg same-sex stck down a lonial-era law 2018 that ma gay sex punishable by up to 10 years prison, and there are some openly gay celebri.
WHAT WAS THE FIRST UNTRY TO LEGALIZE GAY MARRIAGE?
Sort through the more than 30 jurisdictns that have enacted laws allowg gays and lbians to marry. * netherlands first country to legalize gay marriage *
But same-sex marriage remas illegal; the ernment says gay and lbian upl don’t warrant the stat of “fay un. Supreme Court volvg a nservative Christian baker who refed to make a weddg ke for a gay uple. 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.