Same-sex marriage – Harry & Co Jewellery

Legal Recognition and Alternative Legal Protections

Same-sex marriage is performed in the Netherlands proper, including the Caribbean Netherlands.
Same-sex marriage is registered in Aruba, Curaçao, and Sint Maarten, but the rights of marriage are not guaranteed.
Same-sex marriage is neither performed nor recognized in Niue, Tokelau, or the Cook Islands.
Same-sex marriage is neither performed nor recognized in six British Overseas Territories.
Same-sex marriage is neither performed nor recognized in some tribal nations. It is recognized but not performed in several other tribal nations and American Samoa.
Cohabitation and registered foreign marriages confer limited rights.
Some cities recognize and issue partnership certificates, although they are not legally binding.
Recognition of a declaration of family relationship can be useful in matters such as housing, but they are not legally binding.
Guardianship agreements provide limited legal benefits, including decisions about medical and personal care.
Inheritance, guardianship rights, and residency rights are granted for foreign spouses of legal residents.

Same-sex marriage is legally recognized in a large majority of the world's developed democracies.
Notable exceptions to legal recognition include Italy, Japan, South Korea, Greece, and the Czech Republic.
Same-sex marriage is not yet recognized in any of the world's Islamic polities.
Some countries, such as China and Russia, restrict advocacy for same-sex marriage.
Estonia is the most recent country to legalize same-sex marriage, with Greece expected to pass it in February 2024.
Most states with same-sex marriage allow same-sex couples to jointly adopt.
35 countries have constitutional definitions of marriage that prevent same-sex marriage.
Some countries with constitutionally mandated Islamic law prohibit same-sex marriage.
Homosexuality itself is criminalized in six countries with constitutional restrictions on same-sex marriage.
Records of marriage between men date back to the first century.

Major medical and scientific communities support same-sex marriage.
Human rights and civil rights organizations also support same-sex marriage.
Polls consistently show rising support for same-sex marriage in developed and developing countries.
Scientific studies show that marriage enhances the well-being of gay people and their children.
Exclusion of same-sex couples from marriage stigmatizes and invites discrimination against gay and lesbian people.

Leviticus 18:22 and 20:13 in the Bible mention acts in Egypt and Canaan that included same-sex marriage.
Scholars believe that in the early Roman Empire, male couples celebrated traditional marriage rites.
Emperor Nero in ancient Rome celebrated two public weddings with males.
Emperor Elagabalus in the 3rd century AD was the bride in a wedding to his male partner.
Roman law did not recognize marriage between males, but there were disapprovals and expectations for official registration.
The first same-sex couple to be legally married in modern times were Michael McConnell and Jack Baker in Minnesota in 1971.
The modern movement in support of same-sex marriage began in the 1980s or 1990s.
Denmark became the first country to legally recognize same-sex relationships in 1989.
The Netherlands became the first country to legalize same-sex marriage in 2001.
Same-sex marriage has been established by law in 34 other countries, with uneven spread across continents.

European Court of Human Rights ruled in Schalk and Kopf v Austria in 2010 that same-sex unions are protected under art. 8 and art. 14 of ECHR.
European Court of Justice ruled in 2018 that married same-sex couples have residency rights in EU countries.
Inter-American Court of Human Rights ruled in 2018 that legal recognition of same-sex marriage is mandated by the American Convention on Human Rights.
The ruling applies to countries such as Costa Rica, Ecuador, Barbados, Bolivia, and more.
Governments must recognize and guarantee all rights derived from same-sex family bonds.
Civil unions are being considered in countries like Lithuania, Peru, the Philippines, Poland, South Korea, and Ukraine.
Some countries have enacted constitutional bans on same-sex marriage, while others have adopted constitutions specifying marriage as between a man and a woman.
Some countries have restrictions and limitations on same-sex marriage through legislation.
European Parliament called for the implementation of the European Court of Justice ruling across the EU.
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights recommended temporary recognition of same-sex marriage until new legislation is brought in.

Reference	URL
Glossary	https://harryandcojewellery.com.au/blogs/glossary/same-sex-marriage
Wikipedia	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex_marriage
Wikidata	https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17422
Knowledge Graph	https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0n02l