25 February: The Italian Senate approves a Civil Union invoice in a 173-71 vote. 19 February: Same-sex marriage becomes legal within the Mexican state of Nuevo León. 23 December: The Greek Parliament passes same-sex civil unions law which legalised civil partnerships. 30 June: Same-intercourse marriage passes a vote of the Lower House in Germany. Four August: Same-intercourse marriage becomes legal in Tristan da Cunha. 4 September: Senator Germán Martínez introduces a invoice to legalise similar-intercourse marriage federally in Mexico. 1 August: The Supreme Court of Mexico declares same-intercourse marriage to be legal within the state of Puebla. 7 October: A referendum to constitutionally ban identical-sex marriage in Romania fails resulting from low turnout. 2 May: Same-intercourse marriage becomes legal in Guernsey. Three November: Same-intercourse marriage turns into authorized in the Mexican state of Baja California by government decree. 14 June: Same-sex marriage turns into authorized in Alderney. 6 June: Supreme Court of Bermuda strikes down the ban on identical-intercourse marriage, 5 days after the ban goes into impact. 29 June: Two family judges in Ecuador rule that very same-intercourse couples have a proper to marry. 12 June: The Constitutional Court of Ecuador legalises same-intercourse marriage in a 5-4 vote.
