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| Region | Germany |
| Issue | Same-sex marriage |
| Status | Civil unions (marriage rights) |
| Start Date | Aug 1, 2001 |
| End Date | Sep 30, 2017 |
| Description | Germany recognizes civil unions and provides tax benefits to couples in a civil union. |
| Sources | https://web.archive.org/web/20120114093931/http://www.bverfg.de/entscheidungen/ls20020717_1bvf000101.html |
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Revision History (3)
| Old Value | New Value (Current) | |
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| Value | Legal | Civil unions (marriage rights) |
| Start Date | Oct 1, 2017 | Aug 1, 2001 |
| End Date | (none) | Sep 30, 2017 |
| Description | Same-sex marriage has been legal since 1 October 2017, after the Bundestag passed legislation giving same-sex couples full marital and adoption rights on 30 June 2017. Prior to that, registered partnerships were available to same-sex couples, having been legalised in 2001. | Germany recognizes civil unions and provides tax benefits to couples in a civil union. |
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| Sources | https://www.thelocal.de/20170630/germanz https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-41460032 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/01/world/europe/gay-marriage-germany.html | https://web.archive.org/web/20120114093931/http://www.bverfg.de/entscheidungen/ls20020717_1bvf000101.html |
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| Old Value (Original) | New Value | |
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| Value | Civil unions (marriage rights) | Legal |
| Start Date | Aug 1, 2001 | Oct 1, 2017 |
| Description | Germany recognizes civil unions and provides tax benefits to couples in a civil union. | Same-sex marriage has been legal since 1 October 2017, after the Bundestag passed legislation giving same-sex couples full marital and adoption rights on 30 June 2017. Prior to that, registered partnerships were available to same-sex couples, having been legalised in 2001. |
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| Sources | http://www.bverfg.de/entscheidungen/ls20020717_1bvf000101.html | https://www.thelocal.de/20170630/germanz https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-41460032 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/01/world/europe/gay-marriage-germany.html |
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Reports (1)
- Duplicate entry "duplicate entry, overlaps current status"
created by bradcoffey106
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0 | Original entry | |
|---|---|
| Status | Civil unions (marriage rights) |
| Start Date | Aug 1, 2001 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | Germany recognizes civil unions and provides tax benefits to couples in a civil union. |
| Sources | http://www.bverfg.de/entscheidungen/ls20020717_1bvf000101.html |
Reports (31)
- Newer law has been passed
- Status is not correct "Gay marriage in Germany is legal since 1. October 2017."
- Status is not correct "Same sex marriage was legalized in 2017"
- Newer law has been passed
- Status is not correct "Germany legalized same sex marriage in 2017"
- Status is not correct
- Status is not correct
- Status is not correct "Same-sex marriage has been legal since 1 October 2017, after the Bundestag passed legislation giving same-sex couples full marital and adoption rights on 30 June 2017."
- Status is not correct "Same-sex marriage was legalized in 2017"
- Status is not correct "Complete marriage equality in effect since Oct 2017 replacing civil unions. "
- Status is not correct "Since Oct 1, 2017 same sex marriage is legal in germany. Please change status"
- Newer law has been passed
- Newer law has been passed "Since 1 October 2017 civil unions aren't available any more, only marriages, regardless of gender. Civil unions entered into before this date remain valid.
https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bgb/__1353.html"
- Newer law has been passed
- Newer law has been passed
- Status is not correct "Legalize July 2017"
- Newer law has been passed "the right to marry regardless of sexual or gender* identity has been passed earlier in 2017 and is now a bundesweites gesetz / recht! "
- Newer law has been passed
- Status is not correct "Germany legalized same sex marriage in June, 2017"
- Newer law has been passed "Full equality was passed and replaces civil unions. The law was officially signed on 20th July 2017"
- Status is not correct "Same sex marriage is legal as of June 30th "
- Newer law has been passed
- Status is not correct "As of June 30, 2017, Same sex marriage is league and recognized in all of Germany"
- Newer law has been passed "https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/30/world/europe/germany-gay-marriage.html"
- Newer law has been passed "As of Friday June 30th 2017, same sex marriage is legal in Germany."
- Newer law has been passed
- Status is not correct "Civil unions are not legal, performed, or recognised; the German status for gay and lesbian couples is Registered Partnerships."
- Other "Since trans* people aren't forced to divorce in the legal name-changing process, a few same-sex marriages exist, altrough the government insist them to divorce instead of chaning to equal marriage laws."
- Sources are invalid or broken "Dead Link"
- Sources are invalid or broken "This link now leads to a 404 error"
- Note field is incorrect "Civil unions are not the same as a marriage. Civils unions give a tax break, but isn't protected by the constitution. Also not full equality in terms of adoption rights. Also in a (heterosexual) marriage of a doctor and someone else, the someone else gets some benefits if the doctor dies first. This is not the case in a civil union.
[From here on I am not sure]
Also if an immigrant marries a german civilist they don't have to stay in asylum [not sure if this is the correct word. the german word is "Asyl" (refuge for immigrants?)] instead they can stay with their SO.
In a gay civil union the immigrant has to stay in the asylum."