Same-sex marriage in the Faroe Islands 50% of both the Union Party and the People's Party voters also supported same-sex marriage. The Centre Party voters were the only notable exception, with only 16% of voters supporting same-sex marriage, while 84% were against. 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
Regions of the Faroe Islands which villages the whale meat and blubber should be given to. This is the case in Suðuroy, if men from the southern part of the island participate in a whale hunt, they are not sure to get any meat at all, if the sheriff decides, that there are too few whales in order to divide it to the whole island and can decide to give it only, for example, to the northern part or to specific villages or to homes for the elderly. Regions of the Faroe Islands The Faroe Islands are divided into 30 municipalities, six regions/shires (sýsla, sýslur