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The case was referred to the Constitutional Court concerned at a possible conflict between the Italian Civil Code (which does not allow for same-sex marriage) and Articles 3 (which forbids any kind of discrimination) and 29 (which states an ambiguous gender-neutral definition of marriage) of the Italian Constitution. On 14 April 2010, the ...
Italy and Japan are the only G7 nations where same-sex marriages are not recognized. [9] In Italy both male and female same-sex sexual activity has been legal since 1890, when a new penal code was promulgated. A civil union law was passed in May 2016, providing same-sex couples with all of the rights of marriage except for joint adoption rights ...
The constitutionality of Italy's refusal to grant marriage licenses to same-sex couples was questioned before the Constitutional Court. [34] [35] In April 2010, the court rejected the bids from Italian couples. [36] No Austria June 2010 Schalk and Kopf v. Austria challenges the validity of Austria's marriage laws in the European Court of Human ...
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. Marriage replaced Sweden's registered partnerships for same-sex couples.
Greece had enacted a law in 2008 that established civil unions for opposite-sex couples only. A 2015 law extended partnership rights to same-sex couples. Oliari and Others v Italy (21 July 2015) [6] went further and established a positive obligation upon member states to provide legal recognition for same-sex couples. Italy thus breached the ...
They bought an old house in a pretty Italian town to save their marriage. Now Christina and Pete Sobolev are working together to help revive dying Italian villages. They moved from the US to Italy ...
Italy is considered a high-tax country, with a tax-to-GDP ratio of nearly 43%—well above the OECD average of 34%. However, the issue is the distribution of taxes, which distorts how much some ...
Same-sex marriage, also known as gay marriage, is the marriage of two people of the same legal sex. As of 2025, marriage between same-sex couples is legally performed and recognized in 37 countries, with a total population of 1.5 billion people (20% of the world's population).