Marriage is both universal and central. All over the world, in every country in every region, religious or non-religious people are getting married, and for many people marriage is the key to happiness. But to be told you cannot get married is violating a basic human right.
Most people do not know the definition of gay marriage, so here it is. Gay Marriage is marriage between partners of the same sex. It is that simple.
Gay marriage is legal in 50 countries around the world. One of the main countries that have not made gay marriage legal is Australia. As recently as the late 1960’s, Australia had a very hostile view of homosexuality with men being branded criminals and the use of “treatments” for homosexuality including electric shocks. …show more content…
No one knows. It is a human right for any man and women to be married yet around the world thousands of people are being denied that right.
Ireland became the first country in the world to introduce full civil marriage equality for its entire people, regardless of their sexual orientation, by way of a universal ballot. In the historic ballot the Irish electorate voted 62.1% to 37.9% to endorse an amendment to the Irish Constitution asserting that “‘Marriage may be contracted in accordance with law by two persons without distinction as to their sex.” Ireland now became the 19th country in the world to approve the freedom to marry for same-sex couples, and the first to do so by a popular ballot.
What is Marriage Equality?
The right of adults to enter into consensual marriage is enshrined in international human rights standards.
Men and women of full age, without any limitation due to race, nationality or religion, have the right to marry and to found a family. They are entitled to equal rights as to marriage, during marriage and at its dissolution
Civil marriage between individuals of the same-sex is therefore an issue in which fundamental human rights are at
Most people do not know the definition of gay marriage, so here it is. Gay Marriage is marriage between partners of the same sex. It is that simple.
Gay marriage is legal in 50 countries around the world. One of the main countries that have not made gay marriage legal is Australia. As recently as the late 1960’s, Australia had a very hostile view of homosexuality with men being branded criminals and the use of “treatments” for homosexuality including electric shocks. …show more content…
No one knows. It is a human right for any man and women to be married yet around the world thousands of people are being denied that right.
Ireland became the first country in the world to introduce full civil marriage equality for its entire people, regardless of their sexual orientation, by way of a universal ballot. In the historic ballot the Irish electorate voted 62.1% to 37.9% to endorse an amendment to the Irish Constitution asserting that “‘Marriage may be contracted in accordance with law by two persons without distinction as to their sex.” Ireland now became the 19th country in the world to approve the freedom to marry for same-sex couples, and the first to do so by a popular ballot.
What is Marriage Equality?
The right of adults to enter into consensual marriage is enshrined in international human rights standards.
Men and women of full age, without any limitation due to race, nationality or religion, have the right to marry and to found a family. They are entitled to equal rights as to marriage, during marriage and at its dissolution
Civil marriage between individuals of the same-sex is therefore an issue in which fundamental human rights are at