This month, South Ai celebrat the anniversary of s pneerg gay-marriage cisn. But the realy on the ground lags far behd the legal suatn.
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THE FIRST GAY MARRIAGE SOUTH AI
Sort through the more than 30 jurisdictns that have enacted laws allowg gays and lbians to marry. * gay marriage in south africa *
On 30 November 2006, the Civil Unn Act me to effect; allowg gay and lbian upl to eher marry or enter to a civil unn. Same-sex upl ntue to face homophobic discrimatn om bs and dividuals, such as the now famo Beloftebos weddg venue the Wtern Cape. On this day South Ain history, Vernon Gibbs and Tony Halls beme the first same sex uple to legally wed the untry, one day after Print Thabo Mbeki’s ernment legalized gay marriage.