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DEFINITION:
Same-sex marriage.
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| COUNTRY | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|
| Argentina | Legal since 2010. |
| Austria | No |
| Belarus | Constitutional ban since 1994. |
| Belgium | Yes (since 2003) |
| Bolivia | (Constitutional ban) |
| Brazil | Legal since 2011 (given interpretation of "stable union" legislation), Nationwide since 2013 |
| Bulgaria | No, constitutional ban |
| Burkina Faso | Constitutional ban since 1991 |
| Burundi | Constitutional ban since 2005 |
| Cambodia | Technically prohibited, though there has been at least one recorded case of a legally registered and recognized same-sex marriage |
| Canada | Legal since 2003, Mandatory legal status nationwide since 2005 |
| Chile | (Proposed , currently under consideration) |
| Colombia | / Judges are able to marry same-sex couples using a 2011 Court Ruling. |
| Croatia | No, constitutional ban |
| Cyprus | No |
| Czech Republic | No |
| Denmark | Yes (since 2012) |
| Ecuador | (Constitutional ban) |
| Estonia | No |
| Finland | No (under consideration) |
| France | Yes (since 2013) |
| Germany | No (proposed) |
| Greece | No |
| Honduras | (Constitutional ban) |
| Hungary | No, constitutional ban |
| Iceland | Legal since 2010 |
| India | No explicit recognition. |
| Ireland | No (proposed) |
| Israel | Cannot be performed in the country, but foreign same-sex marriages are recognised |
| Italy | No |
| Kenya | Constitution since 2010 specifically mentions only opposite sex marriage |
| Latvia | No, constitutional ban |
| Lithuania | No, constitutional ban |
| Luxembourg | No (under consideration) |
| Malta | No |
| Mexico | / Legal in Mexico City (2010) and Quintana Roo (2012). |
| Moldova | Constitutional ban since 1994. |
| Montenegro | Constitutional ban since 2007. |
| Nepal | Under consideration |
| Netherlands | Yes (since 2001) |
| Norway | Legal since 2009 |
| Paraguay | (Constitutional ban since 1992) |
| Poland | No, constitutional ban |
| Portugal | Yes (since 2010) |
| Romania | No |
| Rwanda | Constitutional ban in Article 26 since 2003 |
| Serbia | Constitution defines marriage as "a union between a man and a woman" |
| Slovakia | No |
| Slovenia | No |
| South Africa | Legal since 2006 |
| South Sudan | Constitutional ban since 2011 |
| Spain | Yes (since 2005) |
| Sweden | Yes (since 2009) |
| Switzerland | (proposed) |
| Uganda | Constitutional ban since 2005 |
| Ukraine | Constitution defines marriage as "a union between a man and a woman" |
| United Kingdom | / ( Since 2013 in England and Wales. Under consideration in Scotland, not in Northern Ireland ) |
| United States | / Varies by state, recognized by federal gov't . (Legal in California , Connecticut , Delaware , Hawaii , Illinois , Iowa , Maine , Maryland , Massachusetts , Minnesota , New Hampshire , New Jersey , New Mexico , New York , Rhode Island , Vermont , Washington , Eight Native American Tribal Jurisdictions and the District of Columbia ; recognized in Oregon and Kentucky ) |
| Uruguay | Legal since 2013. |
| Venezuela | (Constitutional ban) |
| Vietnam | (Proposed for 2014) |
| Zimbabwe | Constitutional ban since 2013 |
