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On 27 May 1980, the Central Committee of the Latvian Communist Party and Council of Ministers of Latvian SSR made the decision to investigate "the demographic situation and the means of natural growth stimulation of LSSR inhabitants". In 1980 Riga City Committee had worked out a plan with 26 measures centralised around "marriage" and "family".
A Eurobarometer survey published in December 2006 showed that 12% of Latvians surveyed supported same-sex marriage and 8% supported same-sex adoption (EU-wide average: 44% and 32%, respectively). [46] The 2015 Eurobarometer found that 19% of Latvians supported same-sex marriage (EU average: 61%).
This followed a ruling from the Constitutional Court of Latvia on 12 November 2020 that the Latvian Constitution entitles same-sex couples to receive the same benefits and protections afforded by Latvian law to married opposite-sex couples. However, the Constitution has also prohibited the recognition of same-sex marriage since 2006.
Beryl Davies, 79, told BBC that she was “in total shock” after being contacted about a video that depicted her marriage to her late ex-husband, Griff, in a village near Cardigan, Ceredigion in ...
In the United States, the mean age at first marriage is about 32 for men and about 30.8 for women, putting the average age at first marriage at about 31.4 for both genders. However, in India, it is even lower, at about 30 for men and about 27.2 for women, putting the average age at first marriage at about 28.6 for both genders. [citation needed]
A bride’s in-laws make elaborate attempts to sabotage her wedding with no success Groom’s family hires men to splatter bride’s dress with red paint as she walks down the aisle Skip to main ...
Same-sex marriage, also known as gay marriage, is the marriage of two people of the same legal sex. As of 2025, [update] marriage between same-sex couples is legally performed and recognized in 38 countries, with a total population of 1.5 billion people (20% of the world's population).
A satirical cartoon by Isaac Cruikshank of Princess Charlotte and Prince Frederick being led to bed by a party including her parents, King George III and Queen Charlotte. The bedding ceremony refers to the wedding custom of putting the newlywed couple together in the marital bed in front of numerous witnesses, usually family, friends, and neighbors, thereby completing the marriage.