Maine’s Governor has just signed the gay marriage bill into law! This makes Maine the fifth state in the US to cease marriage discrimination against homosexual couples.
Five years after Massachusetts became the first state to legalize gay marriage, we now have five states (aside from Iowa, all are in New England) where you can get hitched no matter who you love.
And that’s just in the US. Worldwide, gay marriage is legal in Belgium, Canada, the Netherlands, Norway, South Africa, Spain, and Sweden.
Civil unions are currently recognised in Andorra, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greenland, Hungary, Iceland, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Slovenia, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and Uruguay.
And the world hasn’t ended yet.
Now to work on the other 45…
(I should mention right now that in parts of the world it is still actually illegal to be gay, sometimes punishable by death. Iraq is currently facing an upsurge in murders and executions of homosexuals and suspected homosexuals, often by their families or the police.)
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Hey – Cleveland has just enacted the domestic partner registry for unmarried couples (gay or straight). It confers no legal status or benefits but it’s a start.
Glad to see another cat lover on the blog. By the way, thanks for the critic on my blog, I will try to improve myself over my trend of thoughts. I also think it is great that you keep updating all these gay marriage news, they are great helps for my thesis.
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