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GAY MARRIAGE
Sort through the more than 30 jurisdictns that have enacted laws allowg gays and lbians to marry. * fact about gay marriage *
Hodg legalized gay marriage natnwi, cludg the 14 stat that did not prevly allow gays and lbians to wed.
Adults (37%) favored allowg gays and lbians to wed 2009, a share that rose to 62% 2017.
For stance, 45% of adults the Silent Generatn (those born between 1928 and 1945) favor allowg gays and lbians to wed, pared wh 74% of Millennials (born between 1981 and 1996). 4As wh the general public, Amerins who intify as lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr (LGBT) are most likely to ce love as a very important reason for gettg married. Is among 29 untri and jurisdictns that allow gay and lbian upl to wed.
The road to full marriage equaly for same-sex upl the Uned Stat was paved wh setbacks and victori. The landmark 2015 Supreme Court se Obergefell v. Hodg ma gay marriage legal throughout the untry. * fact about gay marriage *
The first natn to legalize gay marriage was the Netherlands, which did so 2000. Sce then, several other European untri – cludg England and Wal, France, Ireland, all of Sndavia, Spa and, most recently, Atria, Germany and Malta – have legalized gay marriage.