LGBT Relationships - Recent Court Cases, Issues and Articles. Since the first marriage lawsuit for same-sex couples in 1970, the ACLU has been at the forefront of both legal and public education efforts to secure relationship protections for same-sex couples and win legal recognition for LGBTQ relationships. The Supreme Court's decision in June 2015 in the ACLU's case Obergefell v. Hodges ensured that same-sex couples in all 50 states have the right to get married and have their marriages recognized in whichever state they live. We continue to fight to ensure full implementation of the Obergefell decision and equal protection for LGBTQ families.
Need help? Fill out our confidential online form For non-LGBTQ issues, please contact your local ACLU affiliate. EU – Marriages: recognition/registration in different countries – Your Europe Updated : 04/04/2016 family Marriage (civil marriage: meeting legal requirements, but without any religious affiliation) is a legal status recognised in all EU countries. Different rules apply to partnerships other than marriage, such as registered partnerships and de facto unions.
National rules and practice for marriage differ from one country to another, mainly as regards: rights and obligations of married couples - for instance concerning their property, role as parents or their marital name. Relationship between religious and civil marriage - some countries recognise religious marriage as equivalent to civil marriage, others do not. Formalities - before the wedding If different EU countries are involved - for instance because you marry someone of a different nationality or because you plan to move abroad after getting married - check which country's laws apply to your marriage and to your matrimonial property regime.
Formalities - after the wedding Sample story Find what you wanted? Gay marriage laws around the globe - Europe. Axel and Eigil Axgil became the world’s first gay couple granted a civil union on Oct. 1, 1989, in Copenhagen, Denmark. This European country was first to pass legislation legalizing the union of same-sex couples, called a “registered partnership” in Denmark. In 2001, the Netherlands became the first country to grant marriage rights that are equitable between heterosexual and homosexual couples. The first gay marriage occurred on April 1 that year. Two years later Belgium followed suit. Norway (2008), Sweden (2009), and Portugal (2010) have legalized gay marriage as well, and legislation was introduced in Finland this March. Finland has allowed civil unions since 2002, but the new legislation would allow homosexual couples further rights including the ability to adopt children and share last names.
Iceland’s legalization of gay marriage also took place in 2010. Germany and Britain also recognize civil unions. Lena Dunham Boyfriend: 'Girls' Star Won't Marry Until Gay Marriage Is Legal. French Right Mounts Spirited Protests Against Gay Marriage Bill. The secretary of state said that if Israel doesn’t make peace soon, it could become ‘an apartheid state,’ like the old South Africa.
Jewish leaders are fuming over the comparison. If there’s no two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict soon, Israel risks becoming “an apartheid state,” Secretary of State John Kerry told a room of influential world leaders in a closed-door meeting Friday. Senior American officials have rarely, if ever, used the term "apartheid" in reference to Israel, and President Obama has previously rejected the idea that the word should apply to Jewish State.
Kerry's use of the loaded term is already rankling Jewish leaders in America—and it could attract unwanted attention in Israel, as well. It wasn't the only controversial comment on the Middle East that Kerry made during his remarks to the Trilateral Commission, a recording of which was obtained by The Daily Beast.
“A two-state solution will be clearly underscored as the only real alternative. Same-Sex Marriage News.