Same-sex marriage 2010 upon promulgation by the Argentine President. Argentina thus became the first country in Latin America, the second in the Americas, and the tenth in the world to legalize same-sex marriage. Australia became the second nation in Oceania to legalise same-sex marriage when the Australian Parliament passed a bill on 7 December 2017. The bill received royal assent on 8 December, and took effect on 9 December 2017. The law removed the ban on same-sex marriage which previously existed and followed a voluntary postal survey held from 12 September to 7 November 2017, which returned a 61.6% "Yes" vote for
Same-sex marriage in Puebla Court. This lawsuit sought to fully legalise same-sex marriage in Puebla, similarly to what had happened in the states of Chiapas and Jalisco. Actions of unconstitutionality in Mexico can, however, only be filed against a certain law within a 30 day period after they come into force. In this case, the Congress of Puebla modified its marriage laws, but left intact provisions outlawing same-sex marriages. This qualified for an action of unconstitutionality, which LGBT groups quickly filed. On 1 August 2017, the Mexican Supreme Court ruled that Article 300 of the Civil Code, which limited marriage to one man and