Same-sex union legislation marriages performed in the Netherlands are recognized in Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten. Whether same-sex couples should be allowed to marry has been and remains the topic of debate worldwide. Thirty-four countries and four jurisdictions worldwide have passed constitutional amendments that explicitly prohibit the legal recognition of same-sex marriage and sometimes other forms of legal unions as well. Seventeen countries and twenty-nine jurisdictions worldwide have authorized civil unions or unregistered cohabitation for same-sex couples as an alternative to marriage. The legal name of those unions as well as the number of rights that they provide can vary greatly. The first
Recognition of same-sex unions in Slovakia education in schools. They also suggested that other types of cohabitation should not be held equal to marriage between a man and a woman. Activists from the Alliance also criticised Swedish company Ikea for its corporate magazine, which featured two lesbians raising a son. In August 2014, Aliancia za rodinu collected more than 400,000 signatures for a petition to hold a referendum on 4 questions: 1. Do you agree that no other cohabitation of persons other than a bond between one man and one woman can be called marriage? 2. Do you agree that same-sex couples or groups shouldn't be