Same-sex marriage in the Faroe Islands Same-sex marriage in the Faroe Islands Same-sex marriage has been legal in the Faroe Islands, an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark, since 1 July 2017. Legislation allowing civil same-sex marriage and adoption was approved by the Løgting on 29 April 2016. The Danish Parliament approved the necessary legislative adaptations on 25 April, and the law received royal assent on 3 May 2017 and went into effect on 1 July 2017. Denmark's registered partnership law was never adopted in the Faroe Islands. Same-sex marriage legislation first appeared in the Løgting after the Tórshavn gay pride parade in 2012. A
Religion in the Faroe Islands (0.19%), 12 Jews (0.03%), 13 Baha'i (0.04%), 3 Sikh (0.01%), 149 Others (0.43%), 85 with more than one belief (0.25%) and 1,397 with no religion (4.04%). The Catholic Church has nearly 150 adherents. There are also small groups of Seventh-day Adventists, Jehovah's Witnesses, Ahmadi Muslims and Bahá'ís in the country. Religion in the Faroe Islands Religion in the Faroe Islands consists largely of the Lutheran Church of the Faroe Islands, but also includes smaller Protestant groups such as the Open Brethren, as well as a few Catholics and adherents of non-Trinitarian religions, such as the Jehovah's Witnesses. The Church of