What is Same-sex marriage in the United Kingdom?
'''Same-sex marriage in the United Kingdom''' became legal on 29 March 2014 due to the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) act of 2013. This act allows [[same-sex couple]]s to [[marriage|marry]] in [[England]] and [[Wales]]. [[Scotland]] introduced same-sex marriage on 16 December 2014 for partners converting civil partnerships into marriage, but for other couples same-sex wedding ceremonies began on 31 December 2014. [[Northern Ireland]], however, is a recent addition to the [[Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2019|Legislation to allow same-sex marriage]] in [[Same-sex marriage in Northern Ireland|Northern Ireland]] was passed by the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]] in July 2019 and took effect on 13 January 2020.<ref name=legalrecognitionNI>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-51086276|title=Same-sex marriage now legal in Northern Ireland|work=BBC News|date=13 January 2020}}</ref> The first same-sex marriage ceremony took place on 11 February 2020.<ref name=nifirstmarriage>{{Cite news|last=Media|first=P. A.|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/feb/11/first-same-sex-marriage-northern-ireland-belfast-robyn-peoples-sharni-edwards|title=First same-sex marriage takes place in Northern Ireland|date=2020-02-11|work=The Guardian|access-date=2020-02-11|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Proposals to change that have failed. Civil partnerships began in 2005 across the UK, permitting benefits similar to marriage for same-sex couples. ==References== {{reflist}} {{-}} {{UK-stub}} [[Category:2014 establishments in the United Kingdom]] [[Category:Politics of the United Kingdom]] [[Category:Same-sex marriage]]