Which countries currently allow same-sex marriage by law?

1, Denmark: the first European country to recognize the legal status of same-sex couples living together. 1989 proposed a bill to establish the registration of same-sex couples. Effective on 1989 10 10/month 1 day.

Registered same-sex couples can enjoy some unique rights of heterosexual couples, such as inheritance rights, insurance plans, pensions, social welfare, income tax relief and unemployment relief. Similarly, if divorced, they also have the obligation to bear alimony.

1997, the bishop of the Danish National Church (Lutheran Church) voted to recognize same-sex partnerships. Now, same-sex couples can also get married in church. 1999, same-sex couples can adopt their spouses' children, but they still can't adopt children outside the partnership.

2. Norway: Following Denmark, it passed its own corresponding legislation on April 30th, 1993, and it came into effect on August 30th, 1.

3. Sweden: Adopted on June 23rd 1994, and implemented on New Year's Day 1995.

4. Iceland:1adopted in June 1996 and implemented on June 27th of the same year.

5. Netherlands: 1998 65438+ 10 1, the domestic partnership law in the Netherlands came into effect. The "partner" referred to in the Law on Cohabitation Partners includes both "same-sex partner" and "opposite-sex partner". For same-sex couples, registered same-sex couples will enjoy the same rights and assume the same obligations as married couples in pension, social security, inheritance and support, but same-sex couples have no right to adopt children; For heterosexual couples, the law provides legal protection for men and women who want to be partners temporarily but do not want to enter marriage. It is actually a "cohabitation law". From June 5438 to February 2000, the Dutch Senate passed a law allowing homosexuals to get married and adopt children. This bill came into effect on April 1 2006, making the Netherlands the first country in the world to legalize same-sex marriage. This law not only allows homosexuals to get married, but also fully enjoys all the same rights and interests as heterosexual marriage. So it is a real same-sex marriage law.

6. Belgium: On June 22, 20001,the Belgian Council of Ministers passed a draft law, stipulating that in the future, marriage in Belgium does not have to be a union between the opposite sex, and marriage can also be composed of two men or two women. The adoption of this bill makes Belgium the second European country to allow same-sex marriage after the Netherlands.

7. Parts of Spain: On June 30th, the Parliament of Catalonia Autonomous Region passed the Law on Stable Cohabitation, 1998, which recognized the legal status of same-sex and opposite-sex cohabitation. Aragon passed a similar law on unmarried partners on March 1999.

8. Canada is the fourth country in the world to recognize same-sex marriage after Spain. South Africa also officially recognized the legality of same-sex marriage in 2006.

9. Germany: On June165438+1October 10, the German Federal Parliament passed the Gesetz zureingetragenen Lebenspartnerschaft, referred to as the "same-sex marriage law". According to this law, same-sex couples can be registered as "life partners" in the marriage registry, and the social and legal status of "life partners" is similar to that of traditional heterosexual marriages. This law came into effect on August 6, 2006.

10, France: On June 5438+0, 2000, the French government promulgated and implemented the Civil Mutual Assistance Contract, which stipulated that "cohabiting partners" could register new family relationships.

1 1, Finland: 200 110 In October, the Finnish Parliament passed a bill allowing homosexuals to register as partners, which came into effect on March12002.

In addition, Iceland, Brazil, Czechoslovakia and other countries also protect the legal rights of same-sex couples to varying degrees.

These existing legislative practices mainly have the following modes.

1, sporadic regulation mode. The most cautious model, which makes some special rules for cohabiting couples, such as family, social insurance, debt liability, inheritance rights and so on caused by their partnership.

2. The legislative model of cohabitants. The focus of this law is not the sexual partnership or their commitment to lifelong union, but the fact that they have formed or have formed a stable union in their lives.

3. Legislative mode of registered partner. The Partnership Law creates a legal status similar to marriage. Just like marriage, the law not only stipulates several legal rights, privileges and responsibilities, but also leaves room for the parties' contractual agreement.

4. Legislative mode of same-sex marriage. Directly admit that same-sex marriage has the same legal status as ordinary heterosexual marriage.