Countries gay marriage is legal in

The ruling took effect immediately after the court decision. Cuba: On September 25,in a national referendum, Cubans approved a Family Code that included provisions allowing same-sex couples to marry. The Supreme Court set May 26, as the deadline for the National Assembly to enact such legislation, but it did not meet that deadline, and marriage equality came into effect on that date.

This year, Thailand and Liechtenstein join the list. Russia is an example of a nation that does not necessarily criminalize same-sex couples, but the government places serious restrictions on people who are gay, which is still a way of censoring relationships that are not heterosexual.

Austria: The Constitutional Court of Austria ruled on December 4, that denial of marriage equality was discriminatory, legalizing same-sex marriage. Liechtenstein: On May 16,Liechtenstein's government passed a bill in favor of marriage equality.

These countries have legalized marriage equality through both legislation and court decisions. Same-Sex Marriage Around the World Since the first same-sex marriages were legally recognized in the Netherlands innearly 40 other jurisdictions – mostly in Europe and the Americas – have enacted laws allowing gay and lesbian couples to marry.

Global Equality Countries Where

Switzerland : On December 16,the Swiss Parliament overwhelmingly passed legislation extending marriage to same-sex couples. Inthe ECJ determined that all EU countries were required to recognize the same-sex marriages of EU and non-EU citizens for purposes of immigration, regardless of whether same-sex marriage is legal in those countries.

Estonia: On June 20,Estonia's parliament voted in favor of marriage equality, becoming the first post-Soviet Union country to legalize same-sex marriage. As ofmarriage between same-sex couples is legally performed and recognized in 38 countries, with a total population of billion people (20% of the world's population).

Thailand has become the first Southeast Asian nation to legalize same-sex marriage, joining a list of nearly 40 countries and territories globally. The map above shows which countries have fully legalized same sex-marriage as of 1 Octoberbut does not show those that have alternative arrangements such as civil unions and/or domestic partnerships.

Same-sex marriage, also known as gay marriage or same-gender marriage, is the marriage of two people of the same legal sex or gender. Andorra: On July 21,the unicameral legislature of Andorra, the General Council, voted unanimously to amend the country's civil union law to include marriage equality for same-sex couples.

Parliament passed legislation to legalize same-sex marriage which went into effect May 24,making Taiwan the first country to enact marriage equality in Asia. Marriage equality took effect January 1, Taiwan: The Taiwan Constitutional Court ruled in that marriage could not be restricted to opposite-sex couples and gave parliament two years to enact legislation legalizing same-sex marriage.

Chile: On December 9,the president of Chile signed into law a marriage equality bill that passed in the Senate on December 7 and the lower house on Nov. Same sex civil unions had been legal since Slovenia: On July 8th,a ruling from the constitutional court of Slovenia decided that the ban on same-sex marriages violated the constitution of Slovenia.

The same vote also legalized same-sex adoptions. Slovenia: On July 8th,the Constitutional Court of Slovenia ruled that the ban on same-sex marriages violated the constitution of Slovenia and gave the Slovenian parliament 6 months to pass legislation accordingly, which it did on October 4.

The Human Rights Campaign tracks developments in the legal recognition of same-sex marriage around the world.

Same sex marriage Wikipedia

The law went into effect January 1, Thailand's King signed the marriage equality bill into law on September 24, The law went into effect on January 22, Greece: On February 15, Greece's Parliament voted to legalize same-sex marriage, becoming the first Christian Orthodox majority country to do so.

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Init issued an advisory opinion to Costa Rica that signatories of the American Convention on Human Rights are obliged to make same-sex marriage legal. Same sex marriage is legal in 38 countries which have a combined population of billion people (around 20% of the world’s population).

The same is true in many Asian countries and a few eastern European nations.