Gay Marriage Around the World | Pew Rearch Center

Contents:

• SPA LEGALIS GAY MARRIAGE
• SPA LEGALIZ GAY MARRIAGE; LAW IS AMONG THE MOST LIBERAL
• COUNTRI WHERE GAY MARRIAGE IS LEGAL 2023
• LOVE AND THE STATE: GAY MARRIAGE SPA
• WHERE EUROPE STANDS ON GAY MARRIAGE AND CIVIL UNNS

SPA LEGALIS GAY MARRIAGE

HistoryHomosexual activy Spa? Homosexual activy Spa is In 1979 Adolfo Suárez Government reversed the prev prohibns on same sex activy.

Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)The Vagrants and Common Delquents Law (Ley Vagos y Maleant) was modified unr the regime of Francis Fran to prohib homosexual acts, wh a penalty of imprisonment. Current statSce Jul 3, 2005Legal In July of 2005, Spa beme the third untry the world to legalize gay marriage, followg the Netherlands and Belgium. Informatn regardg blood donatn by MSM durg the Fran dictatorship is unknown, but was probably outlawed along wh the practice of homosexualy.

The Spanish parliament today voted to legalise gay marriage spe heavy opposn om the Roman Catholic is now the fourth untry the world to allow same-sex upl the same rights as married heterosexual upl. Canada approved gay marriag yterday, while the Netherlands and Belgium legalised them 2000 and Methodist church Bra yterday beme the first big Christian nomatn to offer the prospect of blsgs servic for same-sex landmark lg Spa giv married gay upl equal rights to herance and allows them to adopt children. On the day he was nfirmed as prime mister, Mr Zapatero said he would fight discrimatn agast the bate before today's historic vote, Mr Zapatero acknowledged Spa was jog the growg numbers of untri legalisg gay marriag.

SPA LEGALIZ GAY MARRIAGE; LAW IS AMONG THE MOST LIBERAL

Four members refed to vote on the senate, where nservativ have the majory, rejected the bill last week, but fal say on legislatn rts wh the church is so opposed to the bill took the rare step of endorsg a rally which hundreds of thoands, cludg 20 bishops, marched through Madrid prottg agast the legislatn on June last year, the spokman for the Spanish bishops nference, Anton Martínez Camo, said that allowg gay marriage was like "imposg a vis on society - somethg false that will have negative nsequenc for social life" rights groups weled today's vote and said the first gay marriag Spa uld take place as soon as 15 days after the law is published Spa's official journal.

"This victory Spa will make many other untri start the battle for equaly bee is possible, " said gay rights activist Beatriz Gimeno. "Durg the 1939 to 1975 dictatorship of Francis Fran, homosexualy, divorce and abortn were illegal.

World|Spa Legaliz Gay Marriage; Law Is Among the Most Liberal ADVERTISEMENTJuly 1, 2005MADRID, June 30 - The Spanish Parliament voted Thursday to legalize gay marriage, givg fal approval to a bill that would make Spa, a predomantly Catholic untry, the first natn to elimate all legal distctns between same-sex and heterosexual unns, acrdg to supporters of the bill, passed 187 to 147, says upl will have the same rights, cludg the eedom to marry and to adopt children, regardls of other untri, the Netherlands, Belgium and Canada, have voted to legalize gay marriage.

COUNTRI WHERE GAY MARRIAGE IS LEGAL 2023

"Spa is talkg about total equaly, " said Kursad Kahramanoglu, -secretary general of the Internatnal Lbian and Gay Associatn, which is based Bssels.

"Polls show that 55 to 65 percent of Spaniards support gay marriage. A versn of this article appears prt on, Sectn A, Page 9 of the Natnal edn wh the headle: Spa Legaliz Gay Marriage; Law Is Among the Most Liberal. REUTERS/Serg PerezSummaryPolls suggt right-wg parti will w Spa electnConservativ may form aln wh far-rightLGBTQ+ activists fear a roll back of their rightsMADRID, July 17 (Thomson Rters Foundatn) - The rights of gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr people have taken centre stage ahead of Spa's July 23 natnal electn.

The supporters believe that a person do not choose to be gay and is stead born this way. On the flip si, there are people that are agast gay marriage. However, there are still natns around the world that outright ban gay marriage.

LOVE AND THE STATE: GAY MARRIAGE SPA

Not every untry the world is volved the nversatn surroundg gay marriage, but a large percentage of the world’s natns have eher legalized same-sex marriage, permted gay marriage certa parts of the untry, allows civil unns between dividuals of the same sex, or actively rtricts gay marriage. Of the eighty-eight untri, the number of untri that have legalized gay marriage is a total of twenty-four natns.

The untri where gay marriage is legal clu…. In 2001, the Netherlands beme the very first untry to ever legalize gay marriage.

WHERE EUROPE STANDS ON GAY MARRIAGE AND CIVIL UNNS

That was only eighteen years ago, meang that the legalizatn of gay marriage is an up-and-g change the world as of ls than two s ago. Here are the natns that have already legalized gay marriage, followed by the rpective years which same-sex marriag beme legal.

Most natns are very firm their outlook regardg gay marriage.

For the most part, untri are eher for or agast gay marriage. However, a uple of untri have not pletely legalized gay marriage all throughout the natn, wh same-sex upl only beg able to get married certa areas of said untri.

There are only two untri that have not fully legalized gay marriage but have allowed same-sex upl to be wed certa regns wh the untry. The natns that perm gay marriage certa plac are….

There are twelve Mexin stat that allow gay marriage to take place. Along wh the Mexin cy of Mexi Cy, the followg ci have legalized gay marriage.

They are listed chronologil orr, followed by the year durg which said untri legalized gay marriage.

The number of untri that have not legalized gay marriage outweighs the number of untri that do, which uld take a turn the oppose directn as natns progrs over time. On a smaller sle, a handful of pennt terrori have been outspoken about their perspectiv on gay marriage. The terrori of Bermuda, the Faroe Islands, Guam, and Puerto Ri have legalized gay marriage.