The Catholic Church has intervened in political discourses to enact legislative and constitutional provisions establishing marriage as the union of a...

Same-sex marriage has been legal in the Netherlands since 1 April 2001. A bill for the legalisation of same-sex marriage was passed in the House of Representatives...

Same-sex marriage has been legal in Switzerland since 1 July 2022. Legislation to open marriage to same-sex couples passed the Swiss Parliament in December...

Same-sex marriage has been legal in France since 18 May 2013, making France the thirteenth country in the world and the ninth in Europe to allow same-sex...

Same-sex marriage is legal in all parts of the United Kingdom. As marriage is a devolved legislative matter, different parts of the United Kingdom legalised...

Same-sex marriage has been legal in Denmark since 15 June 2012. A bill for the legalization of same-sex marriages was introduced by the Thorning-Schmidt...

Same-sex marriage has been legal in Australia since 9 December 2017. Legislation permitting same-sex marriage, the Marriage Amendment (Definition and...

Same-sex marriage has been legal in Belgium since 1 June 2003. A bill for the legalization of same-sex marriages was passed by the Senate on 28 November...

Same-sex marriage has been legal in Spain since July 3, 2005. In 2004, the nation's newly elected government, led by Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez...

Same-sex marriage has been legal in New Zealand since 19 August 2013. A bill for legalisation was passed by the House of Representatives on 17 April 2013...

Same-sex marriage has been legal in Ireland since 16 November 2015. A referendum on 22 May 2015 amended the Constitution of Ireland to provide that marriage...

States, the history of same-sex marriage dates from the early 1940s, when the first lawsuits seeking legal recognition of same-sex relationships brought...

legalizing same-sex marriage, with broad support from across the political spectrum. A bill legalizing same-sex marriage was introduced in February 2024 and passed...

The legal status of same-sex marriage has changed in recent years in numerous jurisdictions around the world. The current trends and consensus of political...

Same-sex marriage has been legal in Argentina since July 22, 2010. Bills to legalize same-sex marriage were introduced to the National Congress in 2009...

relation to same-sex marriage. Arguments both in favor of and in opposition to same-sex marriage are often made on religious grounds and/or formulated...

The legal recognition of same-sex marriage in the United States expanded from one state in 2004 (Massachusetts) to all fifty states in 2015 through various...

Same-sex marriage has been legal in South Africa since the Civil Union Act, 2006 came into force on 30 November 2006. The decision of the Constitutional...

Same-sex marriage has been legal in Luxembourg since 1 January 2015. A bill for the legalisation of same-sex marriages was approved 56–4 by the Chamber...

Same-sex marriage has been legal in Uruguay since August 5, 2013. A bill for legalization was passed by the Chamber of Representatives on December 12...

Same-sex marriage was progressively introduced in several provinces and territories of Canada by court decisions beginning in 2003 before being legally...

The blessing or wedding of same-sex marriages and same-sex unions is an issue about which leaders of Christian churches are in ongoing disagreement. Traditionally...

on 26 October 2015. The Catholic Church opposes same-sex marriage and does not allow its priests to officiate at such marriages. In December 2023, the...

states to recognize same-sex marriages. This decision rendered the last remaining provision of DOMA unenforceable and made same-sex marriage federal law. The...

registered partnerships for same-sex couples since 1 July 2006. Registered partnerships grant several of the rights of marriage, including inheritance, the...

Same-sex marriage has been legal in Malta since 1 September 2017 following the 66–1 passage of legislation in the Parliament on 12 July 2017. The bill...

Same-sex marriage, also known as gay marriage, is the marriage of two people of the same legal sex. As of 2025,[update] marriage between same-sex couples...

Same-sex marriage has been legal in Slovenia since 9 July 2022, following a ruling by the Constitutional Court of Slovenia. The court had ruled that the...

of the Catholic Church emphasizes that all same-sex individuals must "be accepted and treated with respect, compassion, and sensitivity," and that all...

included marriage. State-recognized same-sex unions have recently become more widely accepted, with various countries recognizing same-sex marriages or other...