Australia legalises gay marriage: Here are the laws in other countries In April 2001, the Netherlands became the first country in the world to allow gay …

New Zealand legalises gay marriage Legalisation of the bill makes the country the first in the Asia-Pacific region to approve same-sex marriage. 18 Apr 2013 01:32 GMT

South Africa: The law was passed in favour of gay marriages and religious institutions and civil officers were given freedom to opt out in conducting ceremonies. 2005 Spain : In 2005, Spain amended their marriage laws, which now read thus: “Marriage will have the same requirements and results when the two people entering into the contract are of the same sex or of different sexes.”

Same-sex couples will be able to marry from January 9 after new laws cleared the federal parliament. Updated 07/12/2017 Australias first legal same-sex marriages will go ahead in January after a marathon session of parliament passed laws.

Same-sex marriage in Australia has been legal since 9 December 2017. Legislation to allow same-sex marriage, the Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Act 2017, passed the Australian Parliament on 7 December 2017 and received royal assent from the Governor-General the following day.

The right to marry under Australian law is no longer determined by sex or gender identity. Same-sex marriage is now legal in Australia. Who can register. To be legally married in South Australia, you must not: be married to someone else; be marrying a parent, grandparent, child, grandchild, brother or sister. At least one person must be 18

HUNDREDS of jubilant gay-rights advocates celebrated at New Zealands Parliament as the country become the 13th in the world and the first in the Asia-Pacific region to legalise same-sex marriage.

New South Wales has become the third Australian state to recognise same-sex couples who have been married abroad. Following Queensland and Tasmania, the amendment means gay married …

Australias first legal same-sex marriages will go ahead in January after a marathon session of parliament passed laws. "What a day! What a day for love, for equality, for respect.

South Australian law allows same-sex couples to enter into marriage, domestic partnership agreements and/or registered relationships. Same-sex marriage. Same-sex marriage became legal in South Australia, and in the rest of Australia, in December 2017, after the Federal Parliament passed a law legalising same-sex marriage.

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