European Court of Human Rights l Rsia MUST allow gay marriage, as Kreml says move would be ‘impossible’ unr nstutn — RT Rsia & Former Soviet Unn

Contents:

• WHERE EUROPE STANDS ON GAY MARRIAGE AND CIVIL UNNS
• GERMANY GAY MARRIAGE: COUPLE ARE FIRST TO MARRY UNR NEW LAW
• COUNTRI WHERE GAY MARRIAGE IS LEGAL
• RSIAN NSTUTN CHANGE ENDS HOP FOR GAY MARRIAGE
• EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS L RSIA MUST ALLOW GAY MARRIAGE, AS KREML SAYS MOVE WOULD BE ‘IMPOSSIBLE’ UNR NSTUTN

WHERE EUROPE STANDS ON GAY MARRIAGE AND CIVIL UNNS

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.

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.

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

1%) st ballots favor of legalizg same-sex marriage a 2021 2019Asia-PacificA urt lg prompted a change the law that ma Taiwan the first jurisdictn Asia to perm gays and lbians to Kgdom 2014EuropeLegal same-sex marriage took effect Northern Ireland 2020, six years after the change England and Wal. More than 18 years after the Netherlands beme the world’s first untry to legalize same-sex marriage, Northern Ireland has bee the latt European jurisdictn to allow gays and lbians to marry.

COUNTRI WHERE GAY MARRIAGE IS LEGAL

The Czech Republic is the only untry out of 19 surveyed Central and Eastern Europe where a majory of adults (65%) support gay marriage. Same-Sex Marriage Legalizatn by CountryThe Dutch triggered a polil and social shift that has spread across large swaths of the globe.People take part the gay pri nga, May 13, 2023, Havana.(YAMIL LAGE/AFP/Getty Imag)Sce the Netherlands beme the first untry to legalize same-sex marriage 2001, more than 30 untri around the world have followed su.On June 20, 2023, Estonia moved to bee the first ex-Soviet bloc untry to legalize the practice, wh s new law takg effect next year.Today, marriage equaly is largely limed to untri North and South Ameri, Europe and Oceania. The first same-sex marriag took place Northern Ireland Febary 2020.Ecuador legally regnized same-sex marriage after a majory of judg s hight urt led favor of a gay uple sug the untry’s civil registry.

In 2017, Leo Varadkar was elected as the untry's first openly gay prime mister.Same-sex marriage beme legal Luxembourg on Jan. Prime Mister Xavier Bettel, who is openly gay, supported the measure and beme the first lear of the European Unn to marry his partner.Stland: 2014The Sttish Parliament passed a bill allowg same-sex marriage Febary 2014 and the law took effect later that year.

RSIAN NSTUTN CHANGE ENDS HOP FOR GAY MARRIAGE

Icelandic Prime Mister Johanna Sigurdardottir ma history Febary 2009 when she beme the untry's first female prime mister and the world's first openly gay head of ernment.Same-sex marriage beme legal Swen on May 1, 2009, followg the enactment of a marriage law passed by the Swedish Parliament early April. 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. Adam* said was dangero to e out as gay his home untry and feared beg forced to an arranged marriage wh a said he was "so lucky" to wed his soulmate, Ray, Manchter and wish everyone uld marry who they love.

EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS L RSIA MUST ALLOW GAY MARRIAGE, AS KREML SAYS MOVE WOULD BE ‘IMPOSSIBLE’ UNR NSTUTN

There are more than 60 untri wh laws that crimalise same-sex sexual acts acrdg to the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn, cludg Sdi Arabia.

'Authentilly myself'Ray said he had also stggled growg up gay the 1970s and 80s England, which was "tough" said his relig school "dmmed to you, 'you are gog to hell'" Adam returned home to Sdi Arabia, spe beg more than 3, 000 apart and later rtricted by the Covid-19 panmic, they kept touch daily and the romance years ago, Ray proposed on a vio ll and after succsfully applyg for a UK fiancé visa, Adam moved to Manchter December 2022.