Philippines’ controversial President Rodrigo Duterte changed his mind on same-sex marriage — for the third time

Same-sex marriage has been legal in Portugal since 5 June 2010. The Government of Prime Minister José Sócrates introduced a bill for legalization in December 2009; it was passed by the Assembly of the Republic (the Portuguese Parliament) in February 2010.

Dec 07, 2017 · A fact sheet provides an overview of the situation in the nations where same-sex marriage is legal nationwide as well as countries that allow it in certain

Same-sex marriage in Sweden has been legal since 1 May 2009, following the adoption of a new gender-neutral law on marriage by the Swedish Parliament on 1 April 2009, making Sweden the seventh country in the world to open marriage to same-sex couples nationwide.

Three years after Amsterdam’s mayor officiated at the Netherlands’ first gay wedding, the gay marriage rate is falling, the first divorces are being registered and the issue has disappeared from the political agenda.

This article originally appeared in May 2012. On Tuesday, North Carolina voted to amend their constitution making gay marriage . In response, on Wednesday President Obama came out in support of same-sex marriage. It will probably be a long time before anything is decided here. But eleven

People fighting for same-sex marriage rights around the world had a huge year in 2017. Australia, Malta, and Germany legalized same-sex marriage last year. Australia was the latest country to join the fold in early December, when the House of Representatives passed the bill making same-sex marriage

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Same-sex marriage: Same-sex marriage, the practice of marriage between two men or between two women. Although same-sex marriage has been regulated through law, religion, and custom in most countries of the world, the legal and social responses have ranged from celebration to criminalization.

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