Across the Atlantic in Europe, a low turnout at a referendum in Slovakia on Saturday failed to strengthen a ban on gay marriage and prevent gay couples from adopting. The poll, organized by Alliance for the Family, also asked voters whether sex education and euthanasia should be made optional at school.
As it stands, the following 18 countries have legalized same-sex marriage and two allow the union to take place in some jurisdictions.
COUNTRIES WHERE SAME-SEX MARRIAGE IS LEGAL
2000 The Netherlands
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2009 Mexico
Source: Pew Research Center, January, 2015
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