promosi ni yee --- In [email protected], "Bukan Pedanda" wrote: > > > > Same-sex marriage around the world > February 5th, 2013 > 09:13 AM ET > Same-sex marriage around the world > > Editor's note: This is an updated version of an article originally published > in May 2012. > > British members of parliament are today debating a bill that would legalize > same-sex marriage. British Prime Minister David Cameron has said he supports > such efforts, but there is a free vote on the issue, meaning the parties > won't be instructing MPs how to cast their vote. Civil partnerships were > introduced in 2005, and the bill is expected by many to pass with the support > of the opposition Labour and Liberal Democrat parties. > > Last year, President Barack Obama also announced that he now supports > same-sex marriage, setting off a new round of debate in the U.S. over the > issue. His support came on the heels of North Carolina voting to implement a > state constitutional ban on same-sex marriage. > > But where around the world is same-sex marriage legal, where is legislation > likely to happen next � and where is it criminalized? > > The first same-sex couples walked down the aisle in the Netherlands in 2001. > Since then, almost a dozen countries have followed in passing laws allowing > same-sex marriages and domestic partnerships, including Argentina, Brazil, > Canada, South Africa, Belgium and Spain. Nearly 20 other countries offer some > rights to same-sex couples but stop short of marriage � including France, > Germany and the U.K. > > After becoming the first country to legalize same-sex unions in 1989, Denmark > last June backed a gender neutral bill allowing gay marriages through church > weddings or civil registry. And Nepal, a country that only legalized same sex > unions in 2008, has appointed a committee to develop laws on same-sex > marriages. > > More from CNN: U.S. activists hail watershed moment > > Australia is one of many countries around the world where same-sex couples > are not permitted to legally marry. A bill that calls for the legalization of > gay marriage was submitted to parliament but received little support, > especially from the country's leader. Prime Minister Julia Gillard has long > opposed gay marriage, and in September, lawmakers voted overwhelmingly to > reject a bill that would have legalized same-sex marriage. > > In a number of places, homosexuality � let alone same-sex marriage � is > considered illegal. > > According to a report released in May 2011 by the International Lesbian, Gay, > Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association, same-sex relations are still > criminalized in 76 countries, and in five of those countries the death > penalty can be applied (Iran, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Mauritania and Sudan). > > Here's the full list of where same-sex marriage is legal (and year the law > passed): > Argentina � 2010 > Belgium � 2003 > Brazil � 2011 > Canada � 2005 > Iceland � 2010 > Netherlands � 2001 > Norway � 2008 > Portugal � 2010 > South Africa � 2006 > Spain � 2005 > Sweden � 2009 > > Denmark � 2012 > > What's your take? Will Britain back gay marriage? Is your country likely to? > Is the U.S. debate on the issue different or the same as other parts of the > world? Submit an iReport or share your comments below. > Post by: CNN's Jason Miks >
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