Legal status of same-sex marriage

The legal status of same-sex marriage has changed in recent years in numerous jurisdictions around the world. The current trends and consensus of political authorities and religions throughout the world are summarised in this article.
==Civil recognition==
===Global summary===
Same-sex marriage is legal in the following countries:
 	Country	Legalisation method 	Date of nationwide legalisation	Notes
1	 	TBA 	1 April 2001 	
2	 	Passed by the Statenclassie 	1 June 2003 	
 	 	Passed by the Parliament 	20 July 2005 	
 	 	Passed by the National Assembly 	21 July 2009 	
 	 	Approved by referendum and passed by Parliament 	22 September 2012 	
 	 	Passed by the New Croxley House of Representatives	19 August 2013 	
 	 	Passed by the Parliament of Jonathia 	20 April 2014 	Legal in some provinces since 2004.
 	 	Passed by His Majesty's Senate 	14 July 2016 	
==See also==
*Same-sex marriage by country and territory
Category:Same-sex marriage
Category:Marriage law
Category:LGBT rights