Recognition of Same-sex Marriages

Recognizing homosexual relationships of homosexual relationships has become a legal issue of controversy and various aspects of legal / non-legal responses from the range of different views on this subject. In recent years, many law amendments allow people to adopt children in the same-sex relationship, as well as health insurance changes, taxation, social security, pensions, workers compensation compensation, child rearing support, same sex We are aware of the relationship. These law amendments are due to large lobbying activities and NGO organizations designed to recognize the same-sex relationship to promote Australia.

Homosexual marriage - Homosexual rights struggle that began in the 1970s eventually led to the recognition of same-sex marriage. By the mid-2000s (decades), several Western countries (the Netherlands, Denmark, Canada, and Spain) gave gay couples full legal recognition.

The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedom, "a number of issues under the Constitution based on the provision of equality in legal recognition of same-sex marriage in Canada. In such a first case, Halpern v. 0, who did a gay marriage in Ontario on January 14, 2001. Canada (Minister of Justice) was later confirmed by the law, and the definition of mixed marriage between men and women proved unconstitutional. Sometimes in 2005 "civil marriage law" dominates the legalization of the eight states and one territory The entire definition of marriage in Canada as "two legal unions in all other exemptions" similar to gay marriage.

Congressional response to partial decisions made to the next presidential election, Congressional reaction led to the enacted "Defense of Marriage Law" (DOMA), this bill refuses the Federation to accept gay marriage. President Clinton signed the law on September 21, 1996. In November 1998, Hawaiian voters banned same-sex marriage The Constitutional amendment approved and approved Congress, Alaska state voters approved a state constitutional amendment that defines marriage as a combination of people. There is a woman.

Massachusetts' decision is not the first legal awareness of gay marriage. The Netherlands (April 2001), Belgium (June 2003), Canada (July 2003) recognize these associations. However, the Hawaiian court ruling provoked a negative reaction as early Massachusetts state sentencing in the US. The Massachusetts Legislature barely passed the state constitutional amendment to ban the same-sex marriage and to establish a civic union in that place, but the amendment has to be re-deliberated in 2005 and voted by the voters. In the November 2004 elections, gay marriage supporters won seats in the Massachusetts State Council and the new house speaker, a supporters of same-sex marriage, may not even mention the bill. Pre