What was the first country to legalize gay marriage?

With a landmark Supreme Court decision Friday, the United States became the 17th country to legalize same-sex marriage. But what was the first? The Danish were the first to grant same-sex unions almost the exact same rights as marriages, with its Registered Partnerships Act of 1989. However, the law stopped short of calling same-sex unions "marriages," and couples could not be married in the Danish […]









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