Same-sex Marriage In Guernsey
Same-sex marriage is legal in all parts of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, a Crown Dependency of the United Kingdom. Legislation to open marriage to same-sex couples in Guernsey was passed 33–5 by the States of Guernsey on 21 September 2016, and took effect on 2 May 2017. Same-sex marriage laws took effect in Alderney on 14 June 2018, and Sark on 23 April 2020. The Bailiwick of Guernsey has never recognised civil partnerships, and prior to 2017 was the sole region in the British Isles to not recognise same-sex couples in any form. Recognition of foreign unions Civil partnerships performed in the United Kingdom and other relationships treated as such by UK law have been recognised in Guernsey for succession purposes since 2 April 2012, after approval of a bill allowing such recognition by the States of Guernsey on 29 June 2011. The bill received royal assent in the Privy Council on 16 November and was registered in the records of the island on 5 December 2011. On 10 December 20 ...
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