The same-gender marriage is a custom of marriage between two people of one’s own sex. While same-sex marriage has been governed by statute, faith and tradition in several countries of the world, the social and cultural reactions varied from acceptance on the one side to criminalization on the other. In the new society, the first law on the same-gender marriage was introduced in the Netherlands during the first months of the 21st century.
Same-sex marriage has been legalized in twenty-seven countries, including the United States, and civil unions are recognized in many Western democracies.
Origin of Same-Sex Marriage
The history of same-sex marriage did not begin in the 20th century. LGBT people around the globe had the privilege of being accepted as friends and lovers from more than 1500 years earlier. Admit it or not, same-sex unions have been allowed in ancient Egypt, the southern Chinese province of Fujian in the Ming Dynasty, and other ancient European times.
At all these days, same-sex relationships were commonly accepted before Christianity became the most powerful faith in the Roman Empire. It was the Theodosian Code of 312 CE which banned same-sex marriages in ancient Rome and ordered anyone who had previously been married to a member of the same sex to be punished.
Why April 1 Became "April Fools' Day"?Same-sex marriage towards Financial growth
Gay marriages can add financial benefits to national, state and local governments, and can help strengthen the economy. State revenue from marriage derives from marriage certificates, reduced payroll taxes in some conditions (the so-called “marriage penalty”), and decreased expenses for social welfare services.
How has same sex marriage affected divorce rate?
Legalizing gay marriage does not affect the culture of marriage, and same-sex relationships could prove much more secure than heterosexual partnerships. It estimated that the pace at which legally recognized same-sex spouses (in partnerships or civil unions, etc.) end their relationships is on average 1.1 per cent, whereas 2 per cent of married different-sex couples split per year.
Does Same-Sex Parenting Fit better than Heterosexual Parents?
The overwhelming majority of research findings that specifically contrasted gay parents to heterosexual parents have clearly found that same-sex partners are as successful and competent parents as heterosexual parents, and that their children are almost as physically stable and well-adjusted.
Moreover, Gay parents seem to be more driven, more dedicated than straight parents on average, as they want to be parents.
Let’s give a look at some achievements of same-sex marriage in different parts of the world.
- Gert Kasteel and Dolf Pasker become one of the first same-sex couples in the world to wed on April 1, 2001.
- In 2000, Netherlands was the first nation in the world to allow same-sex marriage, a bill approved by a three-to-one vote The following year, four couples were married at the world’s first same-sex marriage in 2001.
- In 2010,the Icelandic legislation calling for a gender-neutral concept of marriage was introduced. It was a unanimous vote. No parliamentarians voted against the legislation bill, and public opinion surveys have shown that the legislation is quite successful in Iceland.
- In 2017, Taiwan ‘s main court gave official notice to the parliament to introduce same-sex weddings within two years or to become legal individually. In May 2019, Taiwan allowed same-sex relationships and became the first Asian nation to do so.
- In August 2018, the Supreme Court in Costa Rica stated that the prohibition on same-sex weddings in the country is illegal and discriminatory. The court decision grants the legislature a time period of 18 months to change the statute. Otherwise, the prohibition will be repealed indefinitely.
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