Same-sex marriage rights in 2009

Following the legalisation of same-sex marriage in the Netherlands in 2001, a number of countries have followed suit with Belgium in 2003, Spain in 2005, Canada in 2005, South Africa in 2006.
2009 began with a wave of new countries recognising the rights of their LGBT citizens. Norway started the year by legalising same-sex marriage on New Years Day. Sweden officially became the seventh country to allow same-sex marriage as of April 2009.
In addition to these seven countries, the U.S. states Iowa and Vermont voted in April 2009 to also legalise these rights. These two states join Massachusetts and Connecticut.

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