Sort through the more than 30 jurisdictns that have enacted laws allowg gays and lbians to marry.
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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.
WHAT WAS THE FIRST UNTRY TO LEGALIZE GAY MARRIAGE?
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. 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 Lutheran Church of Swen had agreed to bls gay partnerships sce 2007, but were not yet ready to allow gay weddgs their church. This law th allowed gay partners to marry civil or relig ceremoni, to adopt children, and to partake artificial sematn.