<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_the_Netherlands" id="mwAa8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Same-sex marriage in the Netherlands">Same-sex marriage</a> becomes legal in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands" id="mwAbA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_same-sex_marriage" id="mwAbE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Timeline of same-sex marriage">first</a> contemporary country to allow it.<sup about="#mwt260" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-48"}}' id="cite_ref-48" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./April_1#cite_note-48" id="mwAbI" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 48;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAbM">[48]</span></a></sup>
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