When did each country legalize gay marriage

Since the adoption of a bioethics law in , and the opening of medically assisted procreation to homosexual couples, the procedure is simplified. Women in a couple must make an anticipated joint recognition , which allows them to be recognized with equal rights and obligations as mothers of the child.

Ten years of same-sex marriage in France, in graphs

Today, however, a substantial share of the poorest people live in economies that have not grown in decades. Based on current trends, this means that the world cannot expect an end to extreme poverty. Whether or not the economies that are home to the poorest people in the world start to grow will determine whether the world ends extreme poverty.

The First Countries to Legalize Gay Marriage

Just after midnight on 1 April , four couples - Anne-Marie Thus and Helene Faasen, and three male couples - were married by the mayor of Amsterdam, Job Cohen, in the first legal gay marriage ceremony in the world. Denmark was the first country to introduce civil partnerships for same-sex couples, in , but it stopped short of allowing church weddings.

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North Dakota had the lowest percentage of same-sex couple households 0. However, Iowa was the exception to the rule, as these households grew in every other state. Montana had the largest increase, Montana started with one of the lowest counts, however — married households in — which grew to 3, by Nevada followed at The number of same-sex marriage households doubled in all but 10 states.