Spain Opens Door To Foreign Gay Marriages

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Spain's same-sex marriage law includes foreigners the justice ministry has ruled, overturning a decision by a court in Catalonia that said a Spanish man could not wed his Indian partner because India does not allow same-sex marriage.

Since the Catalonia ruling nearly a dozen gay foreign nationals have been told in various parts of Spain that they cannot wed.

The ministry said that restrictions on the marriages of same-sex couples is illegal. In a ruling published this week in the Official State Bulletin, the ministry said it came to the "conclusion that a marriage between a Spaniard and a foreigner, or between foreigners of the same sex resident in Spain, shall be valid as a result of applying Spanish material law, even if the foreigner's national legislation does not allow or recognize the validity of such marriages."