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| Region | United Kingdom |
| Issue | Same-sex marriage |
| Status | Legal |
| Start Date | Jan 13, 2020 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | On 2 November 2015, the Northern Ireland Assembly voted 53–52 in favour of same-sex marriage. However, the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) tabled a "petition of concern", signed by 32 members, and prevented the motion from coming into effect. Following a scandal, deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness resigned in protest on 9 January 2017 and his party, Sinn Féin, refused to nominate a successor, triggering a snap election. In the 2017 Northern Ireland Assembly election, the DUP lost 10 of their seats in the Assembly and thus their ability to use the petition of concern mechanism. However, no party reached a large-enough majority to form a government and thus no singular government could be formed. Sinn Féin also refused to return to a power-sharing agreement with the DUP. The Northern Ireland Assembly missed its three week deadline to establish a new Executive, which led to then-Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, James Brokenshire, giving them an extension. After several missed deadlines, the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2019 was passed and given royal assent by Queen Elizabeth II on 24 July 2019. It extended the deadline for forming a government to 13 January 2020, and required then-Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Julian Smith, to pass new laws to legalise same-sex marriage. These new laws came into effect on 13 January 2020, officially bringing Northern Ireland in line with England, Scotland and Wales. Since 13 January 2020, same-sex marriage has officially been legal in the entire United Kingdom. |
| Sources | https://web.archive.org/web/20160115030104/http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/northern-ireland-mlas-vote-yes-for-gay-marriage-but-motion-is-torpedoed-by-dup-veto-34160017.html https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-38561507 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-northern-ireland-2017-39173640 https://web.archive.org/web/20170322222718/http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-nireland-mcguinness-politics-idUKKBN16T2XV https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-51086276 https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2019/22/contents/enacted |
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edited by LovelyJubbly. Minor grammar correction
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| Description | On 2 November 2015, the Northern Ireland Assembly voted 53–52 in favour of same-sex marriage. However, the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) tabled a "petition of concern", signed by 32 members, and prevented the motion from coming into effect. Following a scandal, deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness resigned in protest on 9 January 2017 and his party, Sinn Féin, refused to nominate a successor, triggering a snap election. In the 2017 Northern Ireland Assembly election, the DUP lost 10 of their seats in the Assembly and thus their ability to use the petition of concern mechanism. However, no party reached a large-enough majority to form a government and thus no singular government could be formed. Sinn Féin also refused to return to a power-sharing agreement with the DUP. The Northern Ireland Assembly missed its three week deadline to establish a new Executive, which led to then-Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, James Brokenshire, to give them an extension. After several missed deadlines, the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2019 was passed and given royal assent by Queen Elizabeth II on 24 July 2019. It extended the deadline for forming a government to 13 January 2020, and required then-Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Julian Smith, to pass new laws to legalise same-sex marriage. These new laws came into effect on 13 January 2020, officially bringing Northern Ireland in line with England, Scotland and Wales. Since 13 January 2020, same-sex marriage has officially been legal in the entire United Kingdom. | On 2 November 2015, the Northern Ireland Assembly voted 53–52 in favour of same-sex marriage. However, the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) tabled a "petition of concern", signed by 32 members, and prevented the motion from coming into effect. Following a scandal, deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness resigned in protest on 9 January 2017 and his party, Sinn Féin, refused to nominate a successor, triggering a snap election. In the 2017 Northern Ireland Assembly election, the DUP lost 10 of their seats in the Assembly and thus their ability to use the petition of concern mechanism. However, no party reached a large-enough majority to form a government and thus no singular government could be formed. Sinn Féin also refused to return to a power-sharing agreement with the DUP. The Northern Ireland Assembly missed its three week deadline to establish a new Executive, which led to then-Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, James Brokenshire, giving them an extension. After several missed deadlines, the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2019 was passed and given royal assent by Queen Elizabeth II on 24 July 2019. It extended the deadline for forming a government to 13 January 2020, and required then-Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Julian Smith, to pass new laws to legalise same-sex marriage. These new laws came into effect on 13 January 2020, officially bringing Northern Ireland in line with England, Scotland and Wales. Since 13 January 2020, same-sex marriage has officially been legal in the entire United Kingdom. |
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edited by LovelyJubbly. Adding more detail + sources
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| Description | Same-sex marriage in Northern Ireland came into force on 13 January 2020. | On 2 November 2015, the Northern Ireland Assembly voted 53–52 in favour of same-sex marriage. However, the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) tabled a "petition of concern", signed by 32 members, and prevented the motion from coming into effect. Following a scandal, deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness resigned in protest on 9 January 2017 and his party, Sinn Féin, refused to nominate a successor, triggering a snap election. In the 2017 Northern Ireland Assembly election, the DUP lost 10 of their seats in the Assembly and thus their ability to use the petition of concern mechanism. However, no party reached a large-enough majority to form a government and thus no singular government could be formed. Sinn Féin also refused to return to a power-sharing agreement with the DUP. The Northern Ireland Assembly missed its three week deadline to establish a new Executive, which led to then-Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, James Brokenshire, to give them an extension. After several missed deadlines, the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2019 was passed and given royal assent by Queen Elizabeth II on 24 July 2019. It extended the deadline for forming a government to 13 January 2020, and required then-Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Julian Smith, to pass new laws to legalise same-sex marriage. These new laws came into effect on 13 January 2020, officially bringing Northern Ireland in line with England, Scotland and Wales. Since 13 January 2020, same-sex marriage has officially been legal in the entire United Kingdom. |
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| Sources | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-51086276 | https://web.archive.org/web/20160115030104/http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/northern-ireland-mlas-vote-yes-for-gay-marriage-but-motion-is-torpedoed-by-dup-veto-34160017.html https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-38561507 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-northern-ireland-2017-39173640 https://web.archive.org/web/20170322222718/http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-nireland-mcguinness-politics-idUKKBN16T2XV https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-51086276 https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2019/22/contents/enacted |
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edited by Doomdorm64. Fixing date
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| Start Date | Jan 13, 2920 | Jan 13, 2020 |
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- Other "I think a useful feature this website could have is having 2 separate equality indexes and country profiles based on homosexual rights and opinions and trans rights and opinions, as well as the mix."
- Other "I think a useful feature this website could use is having separate equality indexes and country profiles based on homosexual rights and opinions and trans rights and opinions, as well as the mix."
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| Status | Legal |
| Start Date | Jan 13, 2920 |
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| Description | Same-sex marriage in Northern Ireland came into force on 13 January 2020. |
| Sources | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-51086276 |