{"id":44449,"date":"2026-03-30T07:22:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T11:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/study-shows-same-sex-marriage-legal-in-nearly-40-nations-25-years-after-first-law\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T07:22:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T11:22:11","slug":"study-shows-same-sex-marriage-legal-in-nearly-40-nations-25-years-after-first-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/study-shows-same-sex-marriage-legal-in-nearly-40-nations-25-years-after-first-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Study Shows Same-Sex Marriage Legal in Nearly 40 Nations 25 Years After First Law"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/news-1774869730249.png?resize=1920%2C1080&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/news-1774869730249.png?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/news-1774869730249.png?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/news-1774869730249.png?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/news-1774869730249.png?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/news-1774869730249.png?resize=1536%2C864&amp;ssl=1 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>A milestone anniversary this week marks 25 years since The Netherlands broke new ground as the world&#8217;s first country to legally recognize marriages between same-sex couples. In the years that followed this historic decision, approximately 40 nations worldwide have enacted similar legislation, with the United States among those countries.<\/p><p>Despite this progress, same-sex marriage recognition remains geographically limited across the planet. Large regions including Eastern Europe, Middle Eastern nations, Far Eastern countries, and the African continent have yet to embrace these legal protections. The acceptance of same-sex marriage continues to be concentrated primarily within Western European countries and nations throughout the Americas.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A quarter-century has passed since The Netherlands pioneered legal same-sex marriage, with close to 40 nations now recognizing such unions. However, these marriage rights remain concentrated primarily in Western nations and the Americas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":44448,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[832],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/news-1774869730249.png?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbtNqq-byV","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":45502,"url":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/netherlands-marks-25-years-since-worlds-first-legal-same-sex-marriages\/","url_meta":{"origin":44449,"position":0},"title":"Netherlands Marks 25 Years Since World&#8217;s First Legal Same-Sex Marriages","author":"Admin","date":"April 1, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"The Dutch capital commemorated a quarter-century milestone in LGBTQ+ rights as three couples wed at City Hall just after midnight Wednesday. 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