To learn more, please read our Privacy Policy. Accept More Information. Processes of Legalization 21 countries have legalized same-sex marriage nationally through legislation. Among these, Australia, Ireland and Switzerland legalized same-sex marriage through legislation only after nation-wide votes.
Countries that Legalized Marriage Equality in Austria: The Constitutional Court of Austria ruled on December 4, that denial of marriage equality was discriminatory, legalizing same-sex marriage. Places to Watch for Marriage Equality in This list includes a few of the many countries where HRC Global is tracking developments in support of marriage equality in Chile Czech Republic Japan Philippines Thailand Methodology This page is based on a review of legislation and judicial decisions recognizing same-sex marriage.
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Gay Marriage by State As of , 37 U. Gay Marriage By State Show Source. Same-Sex Marriage in the United States. Although the federal government of Canada extended common law marriage rights to same-sex couples in , it wasn't until that the Canadian Parliament legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
When Canada's ruling Conservative Party attempted to re-open the debate in , Parliament voted against the motion. In November , South Africa's highest court ruled that the country's marriage statutes were in violation of the Constitution's equal rights protections and gave the government one year to amend the legal definition of marriage to include same-sex couples.
On Nov. In , same-sex couples in Norway were granted the right to civil unions. Fifteen years later, the government replaced this ruling with a new law allowing same-sex couples to marry, adopt children, and undergo state-funded artificial insemination.
The law went into effect the first day of In , the Lutheran Church of Norway, to which nearly three quarters of Norwegians belong, adopted gender-neutral wording that would allow its pastors to conduct same-sex marriages.
Same-sex couples in Sweden could register for civil unions as early as , but in April the Swedish Parliament voted to legalize same-sex marriage in both religious and civil ceremonies. Though the law does not require churches to officiate, the Lutheran Church of Sweden voted in October to allow its clergy to conduct same-sex marriages. Adoption rights had already been granted to same-sex couples in , as well as artificial insemination rights in The Portuguese Parliament passed a law allowing same-sex marriage in early After review by the Constitutional Court, the law was signed in May and went into effect in June The law did not grant adoption rights to same-sex couples, however, and it wasn't until — after four rounds of parliamentary votes — that a law allowing adoption was passed.
The law also improved access to artificial insemination. The vote to apply gender-neutral language to Iceland's definition of marriage passed unanimously in Parliament in June The country's Prime Minister at the time, Social Democrat Johanna Sigurdardottir, was the first openly gay head of state in the world, and soon after the bill passed she married her long-time partner in one of the first same-sex marriages in Iceland.
After hours of debate, Argentina's Senate narrowly passed a bill granting same-sex couples the right to marry, making it the first country in Latin America to do so. The bill also granted the right to adopt children. Up until , legalization came through state courts, the enactment of state legislation, or the result of the decisions of federal courts. On November 6, , Maine , Maryland and Washington became the first states to legalize same-sex marriage through popular vote.
On June 26, , in the landmark civil rights case Obergefell v. Thirteen of the 50 U.
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