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Debate has occurred throughout Europe over proposals to legalise same-sex marriage as well as same-sex civil unions.Currently 33 of the 50 countries and the 8 dependent territories in Europe recognise some type of same-sex union, among them most members of the European Union (24/27).
Civil marriages enabled interfaith marriages as well as marriages between spouses of different Christian denominations. After the unification of Germany in 1871, the Reichstag adopted a bill initiated by Chancellor Otto von Bismarck as the "Civil Marriage Law" in 1875 (see: Kulturkampf); since then, only civil marriages have been recognized in ...
The first same-sex marriage took place in Nea Smyrni, South Athens on 2 March 2024 between Stavros Gavriliadis and Dimitris Elefsiniotis. [86] [87] The law amended article 1350 of the Greek Civil Code to state: Marriage shall be contracted between two persons of different or the same sex.
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer rights are widely diverse in Europe per country. 22 of the 38 countries that have legalised same-sex marriage worldwide are situated in Europe. A further nine European countries have legalised civil unions or other forms of recognition for same-sex couples.
A judge in São Paulo converted a stable union into a civil marriage. [45] Yes Colombia July 2011 The Constitutional Court of Colombia ruled that same-sex couples are at a legal disadvantage by being excluded from marriage and ordered Congress to rectify this issue by June 20, 2013.
In South Africa, a "civil union" is either a marriage or a civil partnership, although the term "civil union" is commonly used when "civil partnership" is meant. Same-sex and opposite-sex couples may register their unions either as marriages or as civil partnerships. In laws where "marriage" is mentioned, its definition now retroactively ...
A December 2022 Ipsos survey showed that 36% of Montenegrins considered same-sex marriage "acceptable" (18% "completely" and 18% "mainly"), while 61% considered it "unacceptable" (45% "completely" and 16% "mainly"). This represented a large increase of support from 2015 when 9% of Montenegrins supported same-sex marriage.
On 14 May 2013, the Justice's National Council of Brazil legally recognized same-sex marriage in the entire country in a 14–1 vote by issuing a ruling that orders all civil registers of the country to perform same-sex marriages and convert any existing civil union into a marriage, if the couple wish so. The ruling was published on 15 May and ...