Gay marriage in norway

Norway passes law approving gay marriage

Gay couples in Norway will be granted the same rights as heterosexuals to marry, adopt and undergo artificial insemination under a new equality law passed Tuesday.

Norway’s upper house of parliament voted in favor of the gender-neutral marriage law on the matching day that gay couples were marrying in California.

The law, which takes effect Jan. 1, replaces legislation that gave gays the right to enter civil unions similar to marriage but did not allow church weddings or adoption.

“We are so overjoyed. We have worked for this for so long,” said Jon Reidar Oeyan, leader of the Norwegian National Association of Lesbian and Gay Liberation.

"Now we are going to celebrate,” he said. “I didn’t dare until I heard the chairman of the upper house bang the hammer.”

A parliamentary majority had announced agreement on the legislation last month, and the lower house voted in favor last week.

Opponents, including the Christian Democrats and the Party of Progress, argued that children need both a mother and a father in a traditional family; opposed as

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 LGBTQ+ Marriage Laws in Norway: A Quick Overview

Norway has been at the forefront of LGBTQ+ rights for decades. Here’s a quick timeline of major milestones:

  • Norway becomes the second state in the world to legalize same-sex civil partnerships.
  • Same-sex marriage is fully legalized, granting LGBTQ+ couples the same rights as heterosexual couples.
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    A new marriage law was just passed, 84 to 41 votes in the Storting. It explicitly permits people of the identical sex to marry. The previous arrangement of 'partnerskap' is repealed; people who have registered as partners may have this re-registered as a marriage. Married couples of the same sex are to be considered for adoption, and for assisted conception, with the same weight as heterosexual spouses. (That is, the express medical insurance will pay for assisted conception for married couples of whatever gender combination; of course anyone is free to go to a private hospital.)

    Churches, including the state church, are to have the right but not the duty to perform such marriages - in the case of the declare church, this presumably means it's up either to the bishops or the local minister, I'm not sure which. The Christian Democrats have been fighting a stubborn rearguard action against this, so presumably t