Greenland's Parliament Unanimously Approves Same-Sex Marriage and Adoption



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Greenland's Parliament Unanimously Approves Same-Sex Marriage and Adoption

597px-Greenland_in_North_America_(-mini_map_-rivers).svgThe Parliament of Greenland has today voted to approve same-sex marriage and adoption. Joe Jervis of Joe.My.God reports,

Google Translate has a bit of difficulty with Danish, but our resident international expert, JMG reader Luis, advises us that Greenland’s Parliament has just voted unanimously to adopt Danish laws legalizing same-sex marriage and gay adoption. Greenland is an autonomous country within the kingdom of Denmark and is not a member of the United Nations. More than three times the size of Texas, Greenland has a population of about 57,000.

Box Turtle Bulletin also notes Greenland’s history on same-sex marriage:

In 1996 Greenland adopted Denmark’s domestic partnership laws. However, when Denmark upgraded to marriage equality in 2012, Greenland did not go along. In February it was announced that a bill to do so would be brought this spring.

The bill which passed today also gives adoption rights and will go into effect on October 1, 2015.


Sean Mandell

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