Gay Marriage Around the World | Pew Rearch Center

Contents:

• THE FIRST COUNTRI TO LEGALIZE GAY MARRIAGE
• COLOMBIA LEGALIS GAY MARRIAGE
• ARGENTA 1ST LAT AMERIN UNTRY TO LEGALIZE SAME-SEX MARRIAGE; GAYS TO HAVE SAME RIGHTS
• WHAT WAS THE FIRST UNTRY TO LEGALIZE GAY MARRIAGE?
• COUNTRI WHERE GAY MARRIAGE IS LEGAL 2023
• GAY MARRIAGE

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.

COLOMBIA LEGALIS 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 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. 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.

ARGENTA 1ST LAT AMERIN UNTRY TO LEGALIZE SAME-SEX MARRIAGE; GAYS TO HAVE SAME RIGHTS

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.

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. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghi/File PhotoSept 26 (Rters) - Cubans overwhelmgly approved gay marriage and adoptn a ernment-backed referendum on Sunday, a landmark vote half a century after a wave of state persecutn sent many homosexual people to forced labor mps and to is a timele on same-sex marriage across Lat Ameri and the Caribbean:Pre-2010 - Only a handful of untri worldwi regnize same-sex marriage, mostly Europe. 2011 - Brazil's Supreme Court l that gay upl stable relatnships should have the same rights as heterosexual upl terms of retirement benefs, herance and alimony.

WHAT WAS THE FIRST UNTRY TO LEGALIZE GAY MARRIAGE?

Colonial-era "buggery" laws banng gay sex were overturned parts of the Caribbean but still exist some untri cludg Jamai and Barbados. The law, signed by Print Crista Fernánz Kirchner on July 21, 2010, means that civil registri n now procs marriage licens for gay upl wh the first ceremony set for Augt 13 Buenos Air.

Yet same-sex civil unns, which give homosexual upl some of the rights enjoyed by heterosexual on (cludg social secury herance and jot ownership of property, but excludg adoptn rights), are legal Uguay (2008), Ecuador (2008), Colombia (2009), Brazil (sce 2004), and a few Mexin and Venezuelan stat.

Notably, spe the fact that the newly approved nstutn grants full rights to homosexual civil unns, Ecuador is posned well below the regnal average wh 18. Followg the publitn of semal rearch on polil tolerance that exam the impact of relig valu toward homosexuals (Gibson and Ted 1988; Golebwska 1995), we clu two variabl that are nsired to be key: importance of relign and relig group participatn.

COUNTRI WHERE GAY MARRIAGE IS LEGAL 2023

Several scholars have found that disapproval of homosexual rights is hight among dividuals wh strong relig inti and who attend relig servic equently (Ellison and Mick 1993; Herek 1998; Herek and Capan 1995, 1996; Olsen, Cadge, and Harrison 2006; Seltzer 1993; Wilx and Wolport 2000). While Atheists are expected to exprs tolerance toward mori’ rights, membership evangelil nomatns has been found to be lked to tolerance of homosexuals the Uned Stat (Jelen, 1982).

Fally, we take to acunt a number of variabl measurg basic socenomic and mographic characteristics that are thought to play a role shapg public opn toward homosexualy. As found prr rearch, we also expect men to be more cled to disapprove of homosexualy than women (Herek 2002; Ke 1984; Ke and Whley 1996), and people wh higher to be more tolerant than people wh lower (Hodgs Persell, Green, and Gurevch 2001).

GAY MARRIAGE

Followg rearch by Stephan and McMull (1982), we expect urbanism to be posively associated wh tolerance toward homosexuals and support for same-sex marriage. At the dividual-level of analysis, our statistil analysis dit that strong relig valu and more nservative iologi have a signifint negative impact on dividual support for homosexuals havg the right to marry.

In our analys of natnal-level factors, we found strong empiril evince supportg the classic claim that both enomic velopment and tn crease tolerance for homosexual rights. Image source, APImage ptn, LGBT activists celebrated Bogota earlier this month after an appeal agast gay marriage was rejectedColombia's top urt has legalised same-sex marriage, makg the untry the fourth Lat Ameri to do upl were already allowed to form civil partnerships, but Thursday's lg extends them the same marriage rights as heterosexual upl. BUENOS AIRES, Argenta – BUENOS AIRES, Argenta (AP) — Argenta beme the first Lat Amerin natn to legalize gay marriage Thursday, grantg same-sex upl all the legal rights, rponsibili and protectns that marriage brgs to law's passage — a prry for Print Crista Fernanz's ernment — has spired activists to ph for siar laws other untri, and a wave of gay weddgs are expected Buenos Air.

Some gay bs lears are predictg an enomic ripple effect om an crease tourism among gays and lbians who will see Argenta as an even more attractive also rri polil risks for Fernanz and her hband, former Print Ntor Kirchner.