Current Version
Region | Finland |
Issue | Same-sex marriage |
Status | Legal |
Start Date | Mar 1, 2017 |
End Date | now |
Description | Finland voted to legalize full marriage for same-sex couples on November 28, 2014, but it went into effect on March 1, 2017. |
Sources | https://web.archive.org/web/20170302025418/http://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/same-sex_marriage_law_goes_into_effect_in_finland/9486556 |
Revision History (4)
Revision by Notdog1996
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Start Date | 2018-03-01 | 2017-03-01 |
Revision by danlev
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Start Date | 2014-11-28 | 2018-03-01 |
Note | Finland legalizes full marriage for same-sex couples. | Finland voted to legalize full marriage for same-sex couples on November 28, 2014, but it went into effect on March 1, 2017. |
Sources | http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/nov/28/finland-legalises-gay-marriage | https://web.archive.org/web/20170302025418/http://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/same-sex_marriage_law_goes_into_effect_in_finland/9486556 |
Reports (1)
- Date is incorrect "2017"
Revision by FCBSIX
Old Value | New Value | |
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Value | Other type of partnership | Legal |
Note | Finland legalizes full marriage for same-sex couples. However, this law only comes into effect in 2017. | Finland legalizes full marriage for same-sex couples. |
Reports (2)
- Other ""today" only works for March 3 :)"
- Status is not correct "We have never had any referendums concerning gay rights. Instead, the topic has always been decided in the parliament: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Finland"
Revision by vviet93
Old Value (Original) | New Value | |
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Value | Legal | Other type of partnership |
Note | Finland legalizes full marriage for same-sex couples. | Finland legalizes full marriage for same-sex couples. However, this law only comes into effect in 2017. |
Reports (18)
- Status is not correct "Same sex marriage was legalized in Finland in March 2017. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_Finland"
- Status is not correct "Finland has legalized full marriage for same-sex couples in 2017"
- Status is not correct "Same sex marriage was legalized in Finland in March 2017. This should be changed."
- Status is not correct "Same-sex marriage and joint adoption by same-sex couples was approved by the Finnish Parliament in 2014 and took effect on 1 March 2017"
- Status is not correct "same sex marriage is legal. please change status"
- Date is incorrect "same sex marriage became legal in Finland on Mar 1, 2017"
- Status is not correct "same sex marriage became legal on Mar 1, 2017"
- Newer law has been passed
- Status is not correct "its already legal"
- Status is not correct "Finland has now legalized same-sex marriage completely."
- Status is not correct
- Status is not correct
- Newer law has been passed
- Newer law has been passed "Full marriage and adoption is legal as of today."
- Date is incorrect "Law will come into effect 2017 only"
- Status is not correct
- Status is not correct "Not yet."
- Status is not correct "Same-sex couples can't get married in Finland until 2017 and even that is unsure because the new parliament hasn't accepted this new upcoming law yet (which they need to) and there's another motion trying to abolish this law, which the parliament hasn't voted on either yet. So basically it is legal but same sex couples can't get married and it's kind of unsure so I would probably change the status to "somewhere in between" etc"