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Opponents of same-sex marriage who want marriage to be restricted to pairings of a man and a woman, such as The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , the Catholic Church , and the Southern Baptist Convention , use the term traditional marriage to mean opposite-sex marriage. Australia became the second nation in Oceania to legalise same-sex marriage when the Australian Parliament passed a bill on 7 December Main article: Same-sex marriage in Canada. Their heavy-handed, hip-hop-laced verses tee up anthemic choruses that pulse over Jeep and Microsoft commercials. Ecuador became the first country in which the international ruling was implemented, following a national ruling by the Constitutional Court of Ecuador on 12 June Gender-neutral marriage replaced Norway's previous system of registered partnerships for same-sex couples. Marriage replaced Sweden's registered partnerships for same-sex couples.

One of them, House Bill , had proposed that existing state law — which still stipulates that marriage is between one man and one woman — be enforced as written, and that no judicial rulings, including those from the U. This is because amendments must pass both the state Senate and House of Delegates and be approved by Virginia voters. Retrieved March 31, More than 10 percent of LGBTQ adults were legally married in June , just two years after the Obergefell ruling, according to Gallup, and the number is likely even higher now.