Many questions are being raised in India regarding gay marriage. The matter has reached the Supreme Court. A lawyer has demanded to give it legal recognition. Their marriage has already been registered in the US in 2014 and now they want to get their marriage registered in India under the Foreign Marriage Act 1969. In India, it is still entangled in legal tricks, but do you know that it is common in all the countries of the world. It has also got legal recognition in 32 countries. Let us know about those countries…
10 countries like America France also included
America : Till 2004, same-sex marriage was legal in only one state, but by 2015, all 50 states have got legal validity. Different states have different laws for same-sex marriage. The marriage is required to be recognized by the federal government and all states if the couple was married in a state where the union was legal.
Britain: Same-sex marriages are valid in all parts of the United Kingdom. Same-sex marriage was legalized in England, Scotland and Wales in 2014 and in Northern Ireland in January 2020. In addition, nine of the 14 British Overseas Territories legalize same-sex marriage.
Argentina: It is the first country in Latin America, where gay marriage has got legal status. About 90 percent of the people here believe in Catholicism. Some people of conservative ideology had opposed this law. The priests protested against this by displaying statues of the Virgin Mary. But people fighting for gay rights protested against it and raised slogans, Church, you are garbage, you are dictator.
France: Same-sex marriages have been legal since May 2013. This validity is also applicable in Metropolitan France and French Overseas Territories. A civil union scheme has been in place in France since November 1999 under which same-sex couples can enter into a relationship. Same-sex couples got the right to marry and adopt children under the law.
Germany: Same-sex marriages were legalized in October 2017. By the way, same-sex couples in the country had limited rights of marriage only since 2001. The new law gives same-sex couples all marital rights, including adoption of a child.
Australia: Same-sex marriages have been legal since December 2017. Before the law was passed, a nationwide postal survey was also conducted, in which 61.6 percent of the people supported the legal recognition of same-sex marriages.
Netherlands: It was the first country to legalize same-sex marriage in 2001. They have also been given many rights. Even the royal royalty has been kept under the purview of this law. For this, the cabinet has approved a special bill.
Austria : It has legal recognition since December 2009. If one of the members of the couple dies, the other will get pension and alimony will also have to be paid at the time of separation. Although the passed bill bans artificial insemination and child adoption.
Finland : Parliament had passed this law in March 2014 with an overwhelming majority. Along with adopting a child and giving it their own name, same-sex couples have been given many other equal rights. The government had said that now the discrimination between gay and opposite sex marriages has been abolished.
Brazil : Same-sex marriages have been legal since May 2013. Same-sex relationships were legalized only in 2004, and limited marriage rights only in 2011.
In many places, the right to adopt a child was also given.
Taiwan : Same-sex marriages were legalized in Taiwan in May 2019. Taiwan is the only country in Asia to recognize this, although same-sex couples still have some rights, such as adopting a child.
Canada: In some provinces, same-sex marriages started being recognized as early as 2003, and in July 2005, this legality became applicable across the country.
South Africa: The only country in Africa where same-sex marriage is legal. Same-sex marriages were legalized here only in November 2006.
Belgium : Legal recognition since June 2003. By 2014, the number of such couples in the society reached 3.2 percent. A large number of associations have been formed here which have been raising the voice of the gay community. Here homosexuals have also been given all the rights.
Chile : Gay marriage valid here from December 2021. The new government that came to power fulfilled its promise in the name of providing rights to homosexuals. Since then same-sex couples with children have received full legal recognition.
Colombia : Same-sex marriage has been legal in Colombia since 28 April 2016. The Supreme Court has also opened opportunities for same-sex couples to legally adopt children. Many common-law marriages have extended property and pension rights to same-sex couples. They have also been given social security.
The prime minister himself tied the knot
Iceland : The Parliament of Iceland passed a law on 12 June 2010 according to which same-sex marriages have been given legal status in the country. Earlier same-sex relationships were brought down to the level of ordinary marriages through ‘civil partnership’ but it was not given the status of marriage. The Prime Minister there, Johanna Sigurdardottir, has married her life partner for a long time.
Ecuador : On 12 June 2019, the Constitutional Court of Ecuador also ordered that same sex couples have the right to marry, after which gay and lesbian couples got the right to marry in Ecuador.
midnight marriage when law is passed
Costa Rica : It is the sixth country in Latin America where same-sex marriage was legalized in May 2020. After this, Daritza Araya and Alexandra Quiros got married after midnight. It was the first legal same-sex marriage in the country and was streamed live on the Internet.
Denmark : In the year 1989, it became the first country in the world to recognize ‘civil partnership’ for same-sex couples. And in June 2012, it also passed a law giving many rights to homosexuals.
Ireland : Ireland, a staunch Roman Catholic country, legalized same-sex marriage in May 2015. In the referendum here, more than 70 percent people voted in favor of same-sex marriage.
Bondage ends in these countries too
Legal recognition has also been found in many other countries. These include Mexico (2010), New Zealand (2013), Norway (2009), South Africa (2006), Spain (2005), Sweden (2009) and Switzerland (2022).
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FIRST PUBLISHED : January 06, 2023, 14:31 IST
