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Same-sex marriage became legal in Norway on 1 January 2009 when a gender-neutral marriage bill came into effect after being passed by the Norwegian legislature, the Storting, in June 2008. [ 105 ] [ 106 ] Norway became the first Scandinavian country and the sixth country in the world to legally recognize same-sex marriage.
Legal (No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the country); Age of consent discrepancy [68] [109] Equatorial Guinea: Legal (No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the country) [68] [109] Gabon: Legal since 2020 [120]; Age of consent discrepancy, + UN decl. sign. Constitutional ban since 2024 São ...
Article 2 of the Marriage Law declares "one husband and one wife" as one of the principles guiding marriages. The principle, first codified in 1950, was intended to outlaw polygamy, but is now also interpreted to disallow same-sex marriages. Many other articles of the same law also assume the marriage is a heterosexual union. [citation needed]
Taiwan, for instance, became the first place in Asia to make same-sex marriage a reality in 2019. Marriage equality is still, however, largely limited to countries in the Americas, Europe and Oceania.
Slovenia became the latest country to approve same-sex marriage on October 4, 2022, after the court struck down the country's ban in July.
23 June: Same-sex marriage becomes legal in the Mexican state of Michoacán, following a 27–0 vote. [340] 5 July: Same-sex marriage becomes legal in the Mexican state of Morelos, following a 20–6 vote. [341] 22 July: Same-sex marriage becomes legal in the Isle of Man, after receiving royal assent on 19 July. [342]
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 11 European countries have legalised civil unions or other forms of recognition for same-sex couples .
Fifteen countries have stoning on the books as a penalty for adultery, which (in light of the illegality of gay marriage in those countries) would by default include gay sex, but this is enforced by the legal authorities in Iran and Nigeria (in the northern third of the country).