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| Region | Niue |
| Issue | Same-sex marriage |
| Status | Banned |
| Start Date | 2007 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | The family code of 2007 explicitly and repeatedly refers to marriage as between a man and a woman. |
| Sources | https://www.paclii.org/nu/legis/num_act/flc2007116/ |
Revision History (8)
edited by jadeywadey. Reverting to revision #44968: just because a law doesnt define what a man and a woman is doesnt mean the courts won't default to legal gender or gender assigned at birth
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| Value | (REMOVED) | Banned |
| Special Status | Ambiguous | Banned |
edited by qcksws. This law does not define what is a man or a woman in the marriage act. Generally very vague, this could be a de-facto law as well.
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| Value | Banned | (REMOVED) |
| Special Status | Banned | Ambiguous |
edited by jadeywadey. improved entry overall
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| Value | Unrecognized | Banned |
| Start Date | (unknown) | 2007 |
| Description | there isn´t a official law allowing same-sex marrige, but there also isn´t a law prohibiting it. | The family code of 2007 explicitly and repeatedly refers to marriage as between a man and a woman. |
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| Sources | https://database.ilga.org/niue-new-zealand-lgbti https://outrightinternational.org/our-work/pacific/niue | https://www.paclii.org/nu/legis/num_act/flc2007116/ |
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| Description | there isn´t a official law allowing same-sex marrige, but there also isn´t a law prohibiting it. | |
| Sources | https://database.ilga.org/niue-new-zealand-lgbti https://outrightinternational.org/our-work/pacific/niue |