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But South Australia does not currently recognise same-sex marriages, even foreign ones, as legal partnerships.

Ten states in the US now recognise same-sex marriage.

On 13 March, the law in England and Wales changed to recognise same-sex marriages performed overseas.

Currently, some countries in the bloc recognise same sex marriage and parenthood, but others do not.

Thailand drafted a bill that would recognise same-sex couples as civil partners, but progress since has stalled.

International law does not necessarily recognise same-sex marriage as a right, Fiji's Human Rights and Anti-Discrimination Commission says.

In some cities, local districts recognise same-sex partnerships, and some employers and universities have specific protections against discrimination.

The church's decision will also not extend to its synod in Namibia, whose laws don't recognise same-sex relationships.

Labour committee member, Jan O'Sullivan, said yesterday the Constitution should be amended to recognise same-sex relationships and non-marital families.

The US government has said it will recognise same-sex marriages as equal to traditional marriages in all federal legal matters.

A landmark vote last week means that the church will now recognise same-sex marriages with a majority 64% vote.

The Bishop of Cork Paul Colton said today he hoped the church would one day recognise same-sex marriages in religious ceremonies.

On Wednesday Washington State won final legislative approval of a measure that will make it the seventh state to recognise same-sex marriage.

The French National Assembly will this afternoon pass a law making France the 14th country in the world to recognise same-sex marriage.

LONDON -British Quakers agreed yesterday to celebrate gay marriages and called on the government to recognise same-sexunions as legally valid.

This decision to not recognise same-sex marriages has resulted in a backlash, which now sees the matter being argued before the courts.