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Same-sex marriage in Slovenia has been legal since 9 July 2022 in accordance with a ruling from the Constitutional Court of Slovenia. On 3 March 2015, the Assembly passed the bill to legalize same-sex marriage in a 51–28 vote. [113] Opponents of the bill launched a petition for a referendum and managed to collect 40,000 signatures.
Same-sex marriage, also known as gay marriage, is the marriage of two people of the same legal sex. As of 2024, [update] marriage between same-sex couples is legally performed and recognized in 36 countries, with a total population of 1.5 billion people (20% of the world's population).
This article contains a timeline of significant events regarding same-sex marriage and legal recognition of same-sex couples worldwide. It begins with the history of same-sex unions during ancient times, which consisted of unions ranging from informal and temporary relationships to highly ritualized unions, and continues to modern-day state-recognized same-sex marriage.
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. The 32 countries around the world where same-sex marriage ...
Under the Births, Marriages and Deaths Registration Act 81 of 1963 [161] South Africa: Male legal since 1998 Female always legal; equal age of consent since 2007 + UN decl. sign. [68] Limited recognition of unregistered partnerships since 1998; same-sex marriage since 2006 Legal since 2006: Legal since 2002: Since 1998
Uruguay is the most LGBT friendly country in South America by far, having legalized same sex marriage in 2013 and homosexuals can openly serve in the military as well. Pixabay/Public Domain 18.
In countries where they are a majority, Orthodox believers overwhelmingly said society should not accept homosexuality or approve same-sex marriage, according to surveys conducted in 2015 and 2016 ...
On 26 June 2015, the US Supreme Court ruled that same-sex marriage is a constitutional right under the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, thereby making same-sex marriage legal throughout the United States. [74] Prior to 26 June 2015, same-sex marriages were legal in the District of Columbia, Guam, and thirty-six states.