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.
Contents:
- THE FIRST COUNTRI TO LEGALIZE GAY MARRIAGE
- WHAT WAS THE FIRST UNTRY TO LEGALIZE GAY MARRIAGE?
- GAY MARRIAGE
THE FIRST COUNTRI TO LEGALIZE GAY MARRIAGE
Sort through the more than 30 jurisdictns that have enacted laws allowg gays and lbians to marry. * first country 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. 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.
WHAT WAS THE FIRST UNTRY TO LEGALIZE GAY MARRIAGE?
* first country to legalize gay marriage *
This law th allowed gay partners to marry civil or relig ceremoni, to adopt children, and to partake artificial sematn. 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.
GAY MARRIAGE
After the Bill received Royal Assent on July 20, 2005, fally beme active, givg gay upl the opportuny to rejoice. In July of 2015, Spa celebrated s ten year anniversary of the legalizatn of gay marriag there. The first same-sex marriage Spa took place on July 11, volvg the gay uple of E Menénz and Carlos Baturín.
Over the next 10 years to follow, around 31, 610 same-sex marriag took place Spa, renrg Spa as one the bt untri for gay rights.