Recognition of Foreign Same-sex Marriages
Under current French law, same-sex marriages performed abroad are not recognized in France if at least one of the spouses is a French national or a national of some other country that does not recognize same-sex marriages. According to a reply of the French Minister of Justice to a parliamentary question a marriage performed abroad between two persons of the same sex both of which are nationals of countries allowing same-sex marriage, could be recognized in France. Accordingly, on July 11, 2008, a Dutch same-sex couple was able to get their marriage recognized for tax purposes in the country. There is as yet no case law confirming or contradicting this legal position.
Read more about this topic: Same-sex Marriage In France
Famous quotes containing the words recognition of, recognition, foreign and/or marriages:
“Justice begins with the recognition of the necessity of sharing. The oldest law is that which regulates it, and this is still the most important law today and, as such, has remained the basic concern of all movements which have at heart the community of human activities and of human existence in general.”
—Elias Canetti (b. 1905)
“The recognition of Russia on November 16, 1933, started forces which were to have considerable influence in the attempt to collectivize the United States.”
—Herbert Hoover (1874–1964)
“Was I not born in this Realm? Were my parents born in any foreign country?... Is not my Kingdom here? Whom have I oppressed? Whom have I enriched to other’s harm? What turmoil have I made to this Commonwealth that I should be suspected to have no regard of the same?”
—Elizabeth I (1533–1603)
“Women have entered the work force . . . partly to express their feelings of self-worth . . . partly because today many families would not survive without two incomes, partly because they are not at all sure their marriages will last. The day of the husband as permanent meal-ticket is over, a fact most women recognize, however they feel about “women’s liberation.””
—Robert Neelly Bellah (20th century)