It shouldn't seem so surprisg when the pope says beg gay 'isn't a crime' – a Catholic theologian explas

Contents:

• COUNTRI WHERE GAY MARRIAGE IS LEGAL 2023
• GERMANY GAY MARRIAGE: COUPLE ARE FIRST TO MARRY UNR NEW LAW
• GERMAN PRITS FY VATIN TO BLS GAY UPL
• WHERE EUROPE STANDS ON GAY MARRIAGE AND CIVIL UNNS
• IT SHOULDN’T SEEM SO SURPRISG WHEN THE POPE SAYS BEG GAY ‘ISN’T A CRIME’ – A CATHOLIC THEOLOGIAN EXPLAS

COUNTRI WHERE GAY MARRIAGE IS LEGAL 2023

June 26 marks the fifth anniversary of gay marriage beg legalized across the entire Uned memorate this tone LGBTQ history, we are takg a look at untri around the world that have officially legalized same-sex marriage. Nearly 30 out of 195 untri have passed laws allowg gay marriage, acrdg to the Pew Rearch Center. [Pew Rearch Center]2010: PortugalSix years after Portugal's parliament legalized same-sex marriage, the untry granted gay upl the right to adopt.

[Pew Rearch Center]2019: Atria In 2010, the untry allowed gay and lbian upl to enter to a civil partnership, and on Jan. [The Associated Prs]2019: Taiwan On May 17, Taiwan beme the first untry Asia to allow same-sex marriag between gay and lbian upl. The untry's hight urt approved same-sex marriage on June 12, 2019, markg the 50th anniversary of the worldwi gay equaly movement.

GERMANY GAY MARRIAGE: COUPLE ARE FIRST TO MARRY UNR NEW LAW

The supporters believe that a person do not choose to be gay and is stead born this way. 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.

GERMAN PRITS FY VATIN TO BLS GAY UPL

Of the eighty-eight untri, the number of untri that have legalized gay marriage is a total of twenty-four natns. In 2001, the Netherlands beme the very first untry to ever legalize gay marriage.

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.

WHERE EUROPE STANDS ON GAY MARRIAGE AND CIVIL UNNS

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. 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.

IT SHOULDN’T SEEM SO SURPRISG WHEN THE POPE SAYS BEG GAY ‘ISN’T A CRIME’ – A CATHOLIC THEOLOGIAN EXPLAS

The terrori of Bermuda, the Faroe Islands, Guam, and Puerto Ri have legalized gay marriage. Some untri are so adamant about not legalizg gay marriage that they crimalize homosexualy to the full extent of the law.

In the most extreme suatns, you might be facg the ath penalty, simply for beg homosexual. Rsia is an example of a natn that do not necsarily crimalize same-sex upl, but the ernment plac ser rtrictns on people who are gay, which is still a way of censorg relatnships that are not heterosexual. Image source, EPAImage ptn, Karl Kreile (left) and Bodo Men, om Berl, have been together for 38 yearsTwo men have bee the first gay uple to marry Germany, on the day gay marriage beme legal Kreile and Bodo Men, a uple for 38 years, exchanged their vows at the town hall Schöneberg, Berl.

Gettg married will give gay upl the same tax advantag and adoptn rights as heterosexual upl. Sce the first same-sex marriag took place the Netherlands 2001, more than 30 other jurisdictns have enacted laws allowg gays and lbians to marry, mostly Europe and the Ameris. Argenta 2010Lat Ameri-CaribbeanFirst untry Lat Ameri to allow gay and lbian upl to marry.