Off all continents, Europe has the largest number of countries where same sex marriage is legal. This map dives into the public support for legalizing same-sex marriage throughout Europe.
The numbers vary wildly. With support being the highest in the Netherlands, Sweden (94%) and Denmark (93%). In most other north and western EU countries, the support is around 80% or higher, which is still very high.
There are to EU countries that stand out at the bottom. Support for same sex marriage in Bulgaria (17%) and Romania (25%) is the lowest in the EU and much lower than any other EU country.
The UK is in Europe, support is extremely high here
whats up with Romania and Bulgaria?
Based Romania and Bulgaria
The phrasing of the question is oddly specific, “should be allowed throughout Europe”.
I strongly believe it should be allowed in my own country. If you ask about other countries, you come to sovereignty issues, and instead of a simply saying “yes” I start to question whether I’m in position to say what other countries “should” do.
I guess I could support EU-wide standards, but then the question is about Europe as a whole and not EU.
I sometimes read statements here that the Baltic countries are just like Scandinavia.
I think these figures show one of the crucial differences. Culture simply is quite different.
In Denmark the leader of the Conservative Party for the last 10 years is a gay man – who has both been married and knows divorced from another man.
I don’t think a politician opposing gay marriage or gay rights in Denmark would have any chance to be elected. Also a very high number of straight people see it is a crucial symbolic issue – showing what kind of society they want to live in. On major issues the right wing parties are lgbt friendly compared to most of Europe (such as gay marriage, there are slight variations on other issues). The biggest anti Russia demonstration in Copenhagen ever was in protest against some of Putin’s lgbt laws.
Quite interesting how well this aligns with maps of quality of life indexes.
People who feel safe and comfortable are more accepting.
Huh, suprisingly low for us. Then again boomers are still 40 years behind, babbling incoherently about how Jesus would not approve of this, of course not realising he would be the first in line for gay marriage.
Croatia is a weird one. In Croatia homosexual couples can enter a civil union that has almost the same rights as union of marriage.
If you ask someone who does not approve of gay marriage why is that they will say there is no need for gay marriage when they have civil unions. Marriage is for hetero people, civil unions are for the rest (we even changed our constitution to clarify marriage is only between a man and a woman). However, if you probe a little bit further you realize those same people don’t like gays in civil unions either. In fact, they just don’t like homosexual people at all.
How come nobody ever asks the Swiss?
Roscommon making up that 14%
S-au infuriat curistii dosnici bahahahahaha
Proud Swede 🇸🇪
So in Poland that is only about to start working on implementing civil unions for gay couples the support for same sex marriage is higher than in Croatia even though Croatia already has civil unions? Interesting.
Btw, any idea if after introducing civil unions for gay couples the support for same sex marriage dropped or raised?
Shouldn’t this be post be called ‘support for same sex marriage in the EU’, rather than Europe?
It’s a bit interesting that it’s 41% in Estonia where same-sex marriage has been allowed and legalised.
Don’t worry, whether we agree with it or not, it will still be forced down our throats by the European Union.
Because that’s how much “democracy” really matters to them.
You meant throughout the EU not Europe.
I can’t believe we, Ireland, are that low with 86 percent.
Italy: land of hypocrisy
69% hehe
Poland cant decide between gays and farmers
I would assume France and Germany would be higher if immigration rates were lower?
Percentage of the local population most likely to go extinct in 50 years.
Mildly infuriating. Great Britain is a part of Europe. Not being in the EU does not determine the geographic continent.
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Off all continents, Europe has the largest number of countries where same sex marriage is legal. This map dives into the public support for legalizing same-sex marriage throughout Europe.
The numbers vary wildly. With support being the highest in the Netherlands, Sweden (94%) and Denmark (93%). In most other north and western EU countries, the support is around 80% or higher, which is still very high.
There are to EU countries that stand out at the bottom. Support for same sex marriage in Bulgaria (17%) and Romania (25%) is the lowest in the EU and much lower than any other EU country.
Data for this map comes from the [2023 April/May Eurobarometer](https://europa.eu/eurobarometer/surveys/detail/2972).
The UK is in Europe, support is extremely high here
whats up with Romania and Bulgaria?
Based Romania and Bulgaria
The phrasing of the question is oddly specific, “should be allowed throughout Europe”.
I strongly believe it should be allowed in my own country. If you ask about other countries, you come to sovereignty issues, and instead of a simply saying “yes” I start to question whether I’m in position to say what other countries “should” do.
I guess I could support EU-wide standards, but then the question is about Europe as a whole and not EU.
I sometimes read statements here that the Baltic countries are just like Scandinavia.
I think these figures show one of the crucial differences. Culture simply is quite different.
In Denmark the leader of the Conservative Party for the last 10 years is a gay man – who has both been married and knows divorced from another man.
I don’t think a politician opposing gay marriage or gay rights in Denmark would have any chance to be elected. Also a very high number of straight people see it is a crucial symbolic issue – showing what kind of society they want to live in. On major issues the right wing parties are lgbt friendly compared to most of Europe (such as gay marriage, there are slight variations on other issues). The biggest anti Russia demonstration in Copenhagen ever was in protest against some of Putin’s lgbt laws.
Quite interesting how well this aligns with maps of quality of life indexes.
People who feel safe and comfortable are more accepting.
Huh, suprisingly low for us. Then again boomers are still 40 years behind, babbling incoherently about how Jesus would not approve of this, of course not realising he would be the first in line for gay marriage.
Croatia is a weird one. In Croatia homosexual couples can enter a civil union that has almost the same rights as union of marriage.
If you ask someone who does not approve of gay marriage why is that they will say there is no need for gay marriage when they have civil unions. Marriage is for hetero people, civil unions are for the rest (we even changed our constitution to clarify marriage is only between a man and a woman). However, if you probe a little bit further you realize those same people don’t like gays in civil unions either. In fact, they just don’t like homosexual people at all.
How come nobody ever asks the Swiss?
Roscommon making up that 14%
S-au infuriat curistii dosnici bahahahahaha
Proud Swede 🇸🇪
So in Poland that is only about to start working on implementing civil unions for gay couples the support for same sex marriage is higher than in Croatia even though Croatia already has civil unions? Interesting.
Btw, any idea if after introducing civil unions for gay couples the support for same sex marriage dropped or raised?
Shouldn’t this be post be called ‘support for same sex marriage in the EU’, rather than Europe?
It’s a bit interesting that it’s 41% in Estonia where same-sex marriage has been allowed and legalised.
Don’t worry, whether we agree with it or not, it will still be forced down our throats by the European Union.
Because that’s how much “democracy” really matters to them.
You meant throughout the EU not Europe.
I can’t believe we, Ireland, are that low with 86 percent.
Italy: land of hypocrisy
69% hehe
Poland cant decide between gays and farmers
I would assume France and Germany would be higher if immigration rates were lower?
Percentage of the local population most likely to go extinct in 50 years.
Mildly infuriating. Great Britain is a part of Europe. Not being in the EU does not determine the geographic continent.