Viral News Desk
In India, there are heated discussions happening around same-sex marriages. A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court on May 3 began hearing arguments for and against same-sex marriages in India.
On April 27, the Supreme Court asked the Centre to come up with a response on May 3 about the social benefits that same-sex couples can get even without the legal recognition of marriage.
Centre said that it will form a committee to examine the administrative steps it can take to address some of the concerns of same-sex couples.
Globally, there are only 33 countries that have legalised same-sex marriages.
The Netherlands led the world by becoming the first country to legalise same-sex marriage. A law was passed on December 19, 2000, and went into effect on April 1, 2001.
Belgium passed a law on November 28, 2002, which went into effect from June 1, 2003.
Spain passed a law on June 30, 2005. It took effect from July 3, 2005.
On July 20, 2005, the Canadian Parliament passed the Civil Marriage Act, which defined marriage as “the lawful union of two persons to the exclusion of all others.” Prior to the nationwide legislation, same-sex marriages had already been legal in 7 Canadian provinces.
A law was passed on November 14, 2006 by the National Assembly, approved by the National Council of Provinces on November 28, 2006 and went into effect two days later on November 30, 2006.
A law was passed on June 11, 2008 and took effect on January 1, 2009. On October 30, 2015, the Church of Norway’s National Council voted to allow same-sex marriages to be performed in its churches.
A law was passed on April 1, 2009, went into effect on May 1, 2009.
On June 11, 2010, a law was passed, and went into effect on June 27, 2010.
A law was passed on July 21, 2010, which went into effect the next day.
A law was passed on June 12, 2012, came into effect just 3 days later on June 15.
A law, which was passed on May 14, 2013, came into effect two days later. Prior to the law being passed, there were 13 Brazilian states that had already allowed same-sex marriages.
A law was passed on April 23, 2013 and it came into effect on May 18, 2013.
A law passed on May 17, 2019, which went into effect on May 24, 2019. On the day it went into effect, 526 same-sex couples were married in Taiwan.
A law passed on June 12, 2019 and went into effect on July 8, 2019.