Greenland’s Parliament Unanimously Approves Same-Sex Marriage

More fantastic marriage equality news from around the globe! Members of Parliament (MPs) in Iceland have unanimously approved same-sex  marriage and adoption.

According to Pink News, the country, which has a population of 57,000, voted to adopt Danish legislation on the issue. Two MPs were absent, but none voted against the measure. Greenland will now scrap it’s 1996 domestic partnership laws which were adopted from Denmark.  “The bill to make the changes to bring Greenland in line with Denmark, which legalised same-sex marriage in 2012, was announced in February,” Pink News reports. The tiny country introduced discrimination for LGBT people in 2008 and held its first pride event in 2010.

The new measure will go into effect on 1 October 2015 and also grants adoption rights to same-sex couples.