same sex marrige in (u.s.a , norway, netherland,northamerica)

Same-sex marriage and gay marriage are terms for a legally or socially recognized marriage between two people of the same sex. The first country to allow same-sex couples to enter into legally recognized marriage was the Netherlands, effective in 2001. Since then, six other countries and seven U.S. states have followed suit, though voters in California revoked it through passage of Proposition 8. Proponents of same-sex marriage regard it as a human right to be able to enter into marriage regardless of sexual orientation. Human rights refer to the "basic rights and freedoms to which all humans are entitled Same-sex marriage became legal in Norway on January 1, 2009 when a gender neutral marriage bill was enacted after being passed by the Norwegian legislature in June 2008. Norway became the sixth country in the world to legalize same-sex marriage in norway.