Which country allows same-sex marriage?

Is same-sex marriage protected by law in China? At present, there is no clear regulation of same-sex marriage in China. According to the second chapter of the Marriage Law:

Article 5 Marriage must be entirely voluntary, and neither party may force the other, and no third party may interfere.

Article 6 The age of marriage shall not be earlier than 22 for men and 20 for women. Late marriage and childbearing should be encouraged.

Article 7 Marriage is prohibited under any of the following circumstances:

A lineal blood relative and a collateral blood relative within three generations,

(2) Suffering from diseases that are medically considered unsuitable for marriage.

Article 8 If both men and women want to get married, they must go to the marriage registration office for marriage registration in person. Those who meet the requirements of this law shall be registered and issued a marriage certificate. Getting a marriage certificate is tantamount to establishing a relationship between husband and wife. Those who have not registered for marriage shall re-register.

Article 9 After marriage registration, with the consent of both men and women, the woman may become a member of the man's family and the man may become a member of the woman's family. Which national laws allow same-sex marriage?

Which countries' laws allow same-sex marriage 1, Germany: 2000, 165438+ 10, 10, and the German Federal Parliament passed the gesetz zureingelen leben partnershift, according to which same-sex couples can register as "life partners" in the marriage registry. This law came into effect on August 6, 2006.

2. France: From June 5438 to October 2000, the French government promulgated and implemented the Civil Mutual Assistance Contract, which stipulated that "cohabiting partners" could register new family relationships.

3. Denmark: the first European country to recognize the legal status of same-sex couples living together. 1989 proposed a bill to establish the registration of same-sex couples. Effective on 1989 10 10/month 1 day.

4. Norway: Following Denmark, it passed its own corresponding legislation on April 30th, 1993.

5. Sweden: Adopted on June 23rd 1994, and implemented on New Year's Day 1995.

6. Iceland:1adopted in June 1996 and implemented on June 27th of the same year.

7. Netherlands: 1998 65438+ 10 1, the domestic partnership law in the Netherlands came into effect. The "partner" referred to in the Law on Cohabitation Partners includes both "same-sex partner" and "opposite-sex partner".

8. Belgium: On June 22, 20001,the Belgian Council of Ministers passed a draft law, stipulating that in the future, marriage in Belgium need not be a union between the opposite sex, and marriage can also be composed of two men or two women. The adoption of this bill makes Belgium the second European country to allow same-sex marriage after the Netherlands.

9. Parts of Spain: On June 30th, the Parliament of Catalonia Autonomous Region passed the Law on Stable Cohabitation, 1998, which recognized the legal status of same-sex and opposite-sex cohabitation. Aragon passed a similar law on unmarried partners on March 1999.

Canada is the fourth country in the world to recognize same-sex marriage after Spain. South Africa also officially recognized the legality of same-sex marriage in 2006.

1 1, Finland: 200 110 In October, the Finnish Parliament passed a bill allowing homosexuals to register as partners, which came into effect on March12002.

Does the same-sex marriage registration abroad have legal effect in China? Consular marriage registration usually refers to the activities of a country's diplomatic and consular institutions in foreign countries to register their marriages and issue corresponding certificates at the request of both parties in accordance with the laws and regulations of the sending country without violating the laws and regulations of the host country. Therefore, in theory, the competent officials of foreign embassies and consulates in China (referred to as foreign consuls), like the competent officials of Chinese embassies and consulates abroad (referred to as China consuls), can register their marriages at the request of both parties and issue corresponding certificates. However, according to the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations and bilateral consular treaties (agreements), the basic principle of consular marriage registration is "within the scope not prohibited by the laws and regulations of the receiving country".

Case: 2065438+On September 6th, 2004, it was reported by the media that the British Consul General in Shanghai and his same-sex partner registered their marriage in Beijing. On the morning of the same day, Zhang Zhifu, a 33-year-old American citizen, and Shen Jian, a 50-year-old British Consul General in Shanghai, were married in the presence of the British Ambassador to China. They are the second same-sex couple who got married at the British Embassy in China. The legal basis of the sending country of this practice is the newly revised Marriage Law of Britain, which came into effect in March of the same year. This law stipulates that "same-sex marriage is legal and enjoys the same rights as heterosexual marriage". Since then, Britain has become the first 16 country in the world to officially recognize "same-sex marriage". In June of the same year, British embassies and consulates in 24 countries began to register "same-sex marriages", and the British Embassy in China was one of them.

However, according to the basic principles of consular marriage registration and China laws and regulations, the above-mentioned "same-sex marriage" has no legal effect in China. The so-called personal relationship and property relationship between the two sides,