Same-sex marriage in Luxembourg

On 7 December 1995, Deputy Lydie Err introduced a private member's bill to create free unions ({{langx|lb|fräi Unioun}}, {{IPA|lb|fʀæːɪ uniˈəʊn|pron}}; {{langx|fr|union libre}}, {{IPA|fr|ynjɔ̃ libʁ|pron}}; {{langx|de|eheähnliche Gemeinschaft}}, {{IPA|de|ˈeːəˌɛːnlɪçə gəˈmaɪ̯nʃaft|pron}}) granting same-sex couples some of the rights and benefits of marriage.{{Cite web|url=http://chd.lu/wps/portal/public/Accueil/TravailALaChambre/Recherche/RoleDesAffaires?action=doDocpaDetails&backto=/wps/portal/public/Accueil/Actualite&id=4110|title=Chambre des Députés du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg|access-date=2022-07-21|archive-date=2020-02-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200215143238/https://chd.lu/wps/portal/public/Accueil/TravailALaChambre/Recherche/RoleDesAffaires?action=doDocpaDetails&backto=%2Fwps%2Fportal%2Fpublic%2FAccueil%2FActualite&id=4110|url-status=live}}{{cite book|title=Lexique juridique trilingue luxembourgeois|last=Jaouid|first=Safouane|publisher=Éditions Larcier|date=2014|isbn=9782879747637}} Her party, the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party (LSAP), was part of the Juncker–Poos Government together with the Christian Social People's Party (CSV). A bill to legalise same-sex marriage was introduced as early as 9 May 1996 by Deputy Renée Wagener of the opposition Greens.{{Cite web|url=http://chd.lu/wps/portal/public/Accueil/TravailALaChambre/Recherche/RoleDesAffaires?action=doDocpaDetails&backto=/wps/portal/public/Accueil/Actualite&id=4162|title=Chambre des Députés du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg|access-date=2022-07-21|archive-date=2020-02-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200215020111/https://chd.lu/wps/portal/public/Accueil/TravailALaChambre/Recherche/RoleDesAffaires?action=doDocpaDetails&backto=%2Fwps%2Fportal%2Fpublic%2FAccueil%2FActualite&id=4162|url-status=live}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.france.qrd.org/assocs/ilga/euroletter/42.html#Luxembourg |title=ILGA Euroletter 42, June 1996 |access-date=2015-12-22 |archive-date=2016-01-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112010241/http://www.france.qrd.org/assocs/ilga/euroletter/42.html#Luxembourg |url-status=live }}{{Cite web|url=http://www.greng.lu/sites/greng/files/20130205-PK-Mariage-Adoption.pdf|title=Mariage et adoption - L'égalité, c'est maintenant|access-date=2015-12-22|archive-date=2019-09-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190914194751/http://www.greng.lu/sites/greng/files/20130205-PK-Mariage-Adoption.pdf|url-status=dead}} Both proposals would not get a Council of State opinion until 13 June 2000.

The Juncker–Polfer Government consisting of the CSV and the Democratic Party drafted a bill establishing partnerships ({{langx|lb|Partnerschaft}}, {{IPA|lb|ˈpɑʀtnɐʃɑft|pron}}; {{langx|fr|partenariat}}, {{IPA|fr|paʁtənaʁja|pron}}; {{langx|de|Partnerschaft}}, {{IPA|de|ˈpaʁtnɐʃaft|pron}}) approving it in cabinet on 26 April 2002. On 13 January 2004, the Council of State criticised taking the French civil solidarity pact as basis rather than the Belgian statutory cohabitation, which was of superior legal quality. The Council also recommended considering the legalisation of same-sex marriage, again taking neighbouring Belgium, which had then recently taken that step, as example.{{Cite web|url=https://www.chd.lu/wps/PA_RoleDesAffaires/FTSByteServingServletImpl?path=/export/exped/sexpdata/Mag/001/001/031398.pdf|title=Chambre des Députés du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg|website=www.chd.lu|access-date=2022-01-12|archive-date=2020-01-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200110051629/https://www.chd.lu/wps/PA_RoleDesAffaires/FTSByteServingServletImpl?path=%2Fexport%2Fexped%2Fsexpdata%2FMag%2F001%2F001%2F031398.pdf|url-status=live}}

The government bill, along with the two earlier proposals, were debated and voted on together on 12 May 2004. The Chamber of Deputies approved the partnership bill by 33 votes to 7 with 20 abstentions. The bill was supported by the two governing parties and opposed by the Alternative Democratic Reform Party (ADR), with those abstaining being members of the LSAP, the Greens, and The Left. The Chamber rejected the bill creating free unions and the same-sex marriage bill, with the two governing parties voting against and the opposition parties voting in favour (except for the ADR voting against the same-sex marriage bill). The partnership law was signed by Grand Duke Henri on 9 July 2004 and took effect on 1 November 2004.{{Cite web|url=http://www.chd.lu/wps/portal/public/Accueil/TravailALaChambre/Recherche/RoleDesAffaires?action=doDocpaDetails&backto=/wps/portal/public/Accueil/Actualite&id=4946|title=Chambre des Députés du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg}} The partnerships, which are based on the French civil solidarity pact, are available to same-sex and opposite-sex couples. These partnerships provide many of the rights of marriage including welfare benefits and fiscal advantages, but exclude adoption rights.{{Cite web|url=http://legilux.public.lu/eli/etat/leg/loi/2004/07/09/n3/jo|title=Loi du 9 juillet 2004 relative aux effets légaux de certains partenariats. - Legilux|website=legilux.public.lu|access-date=2017-02-28|archive-date=2020-01-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200120220744/http://legilux.public.lu/eli/etat/leg/loi/2004/07/09/n3/jo|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.angloinfo.com/how-to/luxembourg/family/marriage-partnerships|title=Marriage and Partnerships - Luxembourg|website=Angloinfo|access-date=2020-05-29|archive-date=2022-07-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220721174334/https://www.angloinfo.com/how-to/luxembourg/family/marriage-partnerships|url-status=live}}

In 2011, 88.1% of Luxembourg couples were married, 2.7% were in a partnership and 9.1% were cohabiting.{{Cite web|url=http://luxembourg.public.lu/fr/vivre/famille/vie-couple/partenariat/index.html|title=Partenariat (PACS)|access-date=2018-11-23|archive-date=2018-04-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180406150432/http://www.luxembourg.public.lu/fr/vivre/famille/vie-couple/partenariat/index.html|url-status=dead}}

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The ruling Christian Social People's Party until 2009 was opposed to same-sex marriage, even though Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker, originating from the same party, had expressed his personal support.{{Cite web|date=March 11, 2012|title=Question de Mariage|url=http://www.gay.lu/files/motion_modifie_dei_Greng_22_nov_2007.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311120455/http://www.gay.lu/files/motion_modifie_dei_Greng_22_nov_2007.pdf|archive-date=March 11, 2012}} In July 2007, a motion calling for the legalisation of same-sex marriage was rejected by Parliament, on a 38–22 vote.{{Cite web|url=http://www.chd.lu/wps/portal/public/!ut/p/c1/04_SB8K8xLLM9MSSzPy8xBz9CP0os3gXI5ewIE8TIwN380ATAyMvVy_z0GA_Ywt3Y6B8pFm8kYVFcJC7o6-rpWWok4GngbNhsGugk5GBpxEB3X4e-bmp-pH6UeZIqsJ8DQ2MnDyNA70CLI0tXA31I3NS0xOTK_ULciPK8x0VFQGcGq-6/dl2/d1/L0lJSklna21BL0lKakFBRXlBQkVSQ0pBISEvWUZOQTFOSTUwLTVGd0EhIS83X0QyRFZSSTQyMEdWTTEwMkJJM1FKUDkzOEUxL0E3dDBsODk5OTAzMjA!/?PC_7_D2DVRI420GVM102BI3QJP938E1_action=doMotionDetails&id=579&filter_action=doMotionDetails&PC_7_D2DVRI420GVM102BI3QJP938E1_displayLink=true&PC_7_D2DVRI420GVM102BI3QJP938E1_numPage=1&PC_7_D2DVRI420GVM102BI3QJP938E1_positionInHistory=&PC_7_D2DVRI420GVM102BI3QJP938E1_display=9&PC_7_D2DVRI420GVM102BI3QJP938E1_numPageTop=1&PC_7_D2DVRI420GVM102BI3QJP938E1_numPageBottom=1#7_D2DVRI420GVM102BI3QJP938E1|title=Chambre des Députés du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg|access-date=2012-12-03|archive-date=2020-03-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200312232301/http://www.chd.lu/wps/portal/public/!ut/p/c1/04_SB8K8xLLM9MSSzPy8xBz9CP0os3gXI5ewIE8TIwN380ATAyMvVy_z0GA_Ywt3Y6B8pFm8kYVFcJC7o6-rpWWok4GngbNhsGugk5GBpxEB3X4e-bmp-pH6UeZIqsJ8DQ2MnDyNA70CLI0tXA31I3NS0xOTK_ULciPK8x0VFQGcGq-6/dl2/d1/L0lJSklna21BL0lKakFBRXlBQkVSQ0pBISEvWUZOQTFOSTUwLTVGd0EhIS83X0QyRFZSSTQyMEdWTTEwMkJJM1FKUDkzOEUxL0E3dDBsODk5OTAzMjA!/?PC_7_D2DVRI420GVM102BI3QJP938E1_action=doMotionDetails&id=579&filter_action=doMotionDetails&PC_7_D2DVRI420GVM102BI3QJP938E1_displayLink=true&PC_7_D2DVRI420GVM102BI3QJP938E1_numPage=1&PC_7_D2DVRI420GVM102BI3QJP938E1_positionInHistory=&PC_7_D2DVRI420GVM102BI3QJP938E1_display=9&PC_7_D2DVRI420GVM102BI3QJP938E1_numPageTop=1&PC_7_D2DVRI420GVM102BI3QJP938E1_numPageBottom=1#7_D2DVRI420GVM102BI3QJP938E1|url-status=live}}

In July 2009, the newly formed Juncker–Asselborn Government announced its intention to legalise same-sex marriage.{{Cite web|url=http://www.tetu.com/actualites/international/le-luxembourg-devrait-autoriser-les-mariages-homosexuels-15128|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121009174002/http://www.tetu.com/actualites/international/le-luxembourg-devrait-autoriser-les-mariages-homosexuels-15128|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 9, 2012|title=Le Luxembourg devrait autoriser les mariages homosexuels - Têtu|date=October 9, 2012}}{{Cite web|url=http://carnalnation.com/content/12864/4/luxembourg-considers-legalizing-gay-marriage-and-adoption|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225213715/http://carnalnation.com/content/12864/4/luxembourg-considers-legalizing-gay-marriage-and-adoption|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 25, 2012|title=Luxembourg Considers Legalizing Gay Marriage and Adoption | CarnalNation|date=February 25, 2012}} During a debate on 19 January 2010, the Minister of Justice, François Biltgen, announced that a law to legalise same-sex marriage (with the exception of certain adoption rights) would be finalized before the summer vacation break of Parliament.{{cite news|url=http://www.queer.de/detail.php?article_id=11666|title=Luxemburg will Ehe öffnen|publisher=Queer.de|date=22 January 2010|language=de|access-date=20 May 2010|archive-date=23 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190123222523/http://www.queer.de/detail.php?article_id=11666|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.gayguide.me/headnews/1828-homo-ehe-auch-in-luxemburg.html|title=Gayguide.me|website=www.gayguide.me|access-date=2020-05-29|archive-date=2014-11-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141113061950/http://www.gaywien.at/headnews/1828-homo-ehe-auch-in-luxemburg.html|url-status=live}} On 9 July 2010, the government approved the bill,{{Cite web|url=http://www.gouvernement.lu/700041/09-consgouv|title=Conseil de gouvernement Résumé des travaux du 9 juillet 2010|access-date=2016-02-11|archive-date=2017-07-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170724115402/http://www.gouvernement.lu/700041/09-consgouv|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.guichet.public.lu/fr/citoyens/actualites/2010/07/09-reforme-mariage-adoption/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100924154014/http://www.guichet.public.lu/fr/citoyens/actualites/2010/07/09-reforme-mariage-adoption/index.html|url-status=dead|title=Ouverture du mariage aux couples de même sexe et réforme de l'adoption|archive-date=September 24, 2010}}{{cite news|url=http://www.lessentiel.lu/news/story/23910319|title=Les gays pourront bientôt se marier et adopter|publisher=L'essentiel|date=9 July 2010|language=fr|access-date=21 October 2013|archive-date=22 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222150850/http://www.lessentiel.lu/news/story/23910319|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=http://hello.news352.lu/edito-55004-is-gay-marriage-on-the-way-for-luxembourg.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120226181735/http://hello.news352.lu/edito-55004-is-gay-marriage-on-the-way-for-luxembourg.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 26, 2012|title=Is gay marriage on the way for Luxembourg?|date=February 26, 2012}} and on 10 August 2010 it was submitted to Parliament.{{in lang|fr}} [http://www.chd.lu/wps/portal/public/Accueil/TravailALaChambre/Recherche/RoleDesAffaires?action=doDocpaDetails&backto=/wps/portal/public/Accueil/Actualite&id=6172 6172] In May 2012, the bill was re-drafted and a vote was not expected at least until 2013.{{in lang|fr}} [http://www.chd.lu/wps/portal/public/Accueil/TravailALaChambre/Recherche/RoleDesAffaires?action=doDocpaDetails&backto=/wps/portal/public/Accueil/Actualite&id=6172A 6172A] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220120053842/http://www.chd.lu/wps/portal/public/Accueil/TravailALaChambre/Recherche/RoleDesAffaires?action=doDocpaDetails |date=2022-01-20 }}{{Cite web|url=http://www.lessentiel.lu/fr/luxembourg/story/des-dossiers-en-attente-au-conseil-d-etat-22202013|title=Des dossiers en attente au Conseil d'État|website=L'essentiel|date=15 May 2012 |access-date=2020-05-29|archive-date=2022-01-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220112141059/http://www.lessentiel.lu/fr/luxembourg/story/des-dossiers-en-attente-au-conseil-d-etat-22202013|url-status=live}} On 27 November 2012, the Council of State delivered a negative response to the bill, but asked Parliament to open a debate on the topic if it moved to vote on the bill. Some members of the Council submitted separate opinions supporting the bill.{{Cite web|url=https://www.chd.lu/wps/PA_RoleDesAffaires/FTSByteServingServletImpl?path=/export/exped/sexpdata/Mag/177/104/117063.pdf|title=Chambre des Députés du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg|website=www.chd.lu|access-date=2022-01-12|archive-date=2020-01-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200110051650/https://www.chd.lu/wps/PA_RoleDesAffaires/FTSByteServingServletImpl?path=%2Fexport%2Fexped%2Fsexpdata%2FMag%2F177%2F104%2F117063.pdf|url-status=live}}

On 6 February 2013, the Parliament's Legal Affairs Committee agreed to approve the measure opening marriage to same-sex couples.{{Cite web|url=http://www.chd.lu/wps/portal/public/!ut/p/b1/rZHNbqNAEISfJQ-AphmwGY78DAZCxjbDYMMFYQWTADYkGBt4-hAp0korrXLZrlNLX1UdCqUoIau1DDpRZHRE6TW_v5f57b295s33n64zG9tx6KkYNtpeBexTXxOcKcReL0CyAJgQHm6MF6rrwgQPLJnTvYnBw7_5DyhxfkLgH2fAbyHJAmh_ABKYBDAzDK65ngL2CkXoCGrGq6nz5noOK5gmRm8BE0QGAcBrLWIRHSM9lyM6jWCLmdX9yGiLuU2Bvx53r3EoTMP0FTeK_y7cBJ4G2IGt-SzvATbyfy_0UVo27WlZJN4lj9HuX0qbHnd171T9tij8rXIpfVEmwjabXYTjyK8LSfczaWtpOu7vrWWMb-XwOXRE5GYk8MrQeWk-B9aY5a0hpT7rB_f6dmOPIu7mW066YjgrquO5eZWeGzWbZqauO1zxU3e4p8z5tD5CEjKVwpyyM3kMkwRPiLntpUCXtAkmKV90enwBppJx2g!!/dl4/d5/L2dBISEvZ0FBIS9nQSEh/|title=Chambre des Députés du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg|access-date=2013-02-23|archive-date=2015-09-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923202534/http://www.chd.lu/wps/portal/public/!ut/p/b1/rZHNbqNAEISfJQ-AphmwGY78DAZCxjbDYMMFYQWTADYkGBt4-hAp0korrXLZrlNLX1UdCqUoIau1DDpRZHRE6TW_v5f57b295s33n64zG9tx6KkYNtpeBexTXxOcKcReL0CyAJgQHm6MF6rrwgQPLJnTvYnBw7_5DyhxfkLgH2fAbyHJAmh_ABKYBDAzDK65ngL2CkXoCGrGq6nz5noOK5gmRm8BE0QGAcBrLWIRHSM9lyM6jWCLmdX9yGiLuU2Bvx53r3EoTMP0FTeK_y7cBJ4G2IGt-SzvATbyfy_0UVo27WlZJN4lj9HuX0qbHnd171T9tij8rXIpfVEmwjabXYTjyK8LSfczaWtpOu7vrWWMb-XwOXRE5GYk8MrQeWk-B9aY5a0hpT7rB_f6dmOPIu7mW066YjgrquO5eZWeGzWbZqauO1zxU3e4p8z5tD5CEjKVwpyyM3kMkwRPiLntpUCXtAkmKV90enwBppJx2g!!/dl4/d5/L2dBISEvZ0FBIS9nQSEh/|url-status=live}} On 20 February, the committee backed the right to simple adoption for same-sex couples, but restricting plenary adoption to opposite-sex couples.{{Cite web|url=http://www.chd.lu/wps/portal/public/!ut/p/b1/jdDJTsMwGATgZ-kDIP9x09g9ZrETZzE4SxvnEgWCoixtECqF5ukJN4SEYG4jfXMZVCGNYWtYJkElqs7Nte-aSz-fm-mrV1btYe-QChODT5QJOGQhKTK5pZ61Ar0CTGmW-nbC9vvCAQGukTHlYBD4f3v4JTb8tT8i7SO9KvJNxYIA5nDvRIYC8A2UIx0gGcyn55-Wxg4FLG07I4HYgrdbbQlmnQ23F7GMSzosqZSd63Im2-L9IeYcckYlK9V1CXmiomX8iJ7G_tbmhRrqsjiw1I7at_GSbFCIqm6aH9cjjwKdqonHu1ezudObT0AHmJQ!/dl4/d5/L2dBISEvZ0FBIS9nQSEh/|title=Chambre des Députés du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg|access-date=2013-05-10|archive-date=2015-09-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923202519/http://www.chd.lu/wps/portal/public/!ut/p/b1/jdDJTsMwGATgZ-kDIP9x09g9ZrETZzE4SxvnEgWCoixtECqF5ukJN4SEYG4jfXMZVCGNYWtYJkElqs7Nte-aSz-fm-mrV1btYe-QChODT5QJOGQhKTK5pZ61Ar0CTGmW-nbC9vvCAQGukTHlYBD4f3v4JTb8tT8i7SO9KvJNxYIA5nDvRIYC8A2UIx0gGcyn55-Wxg4FLG07I4HYgrdbbQlmnQ23F7GMSzosqZSd63Im2-L9IeYcckYlK9V1CXmiomX8iJ7G_tbmhRrqsjiw1I7at_GSbFCIqm6aH9cjjwKdqonHu1ezudObT0AHmJQ!/dl4/d5/L2dBISEvZ0FBIS9nQSEh/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=http://5minutes.rtl.lu/fr/actualite/luxembourg/400809.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141113071202/http://5minutes.rtl.lu/fr/actualite/luxembourg/400809.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 13, 2014|title=5minutes.lu - Actualité - Luxembourg - Adoption pour couples de même sexe bientôt possible|date=November 13, 2014}} On 6 March 2013, the committee confirmed that position.{{Cite web|url=http://www.chd.lu/wps/portal/public/!ut/p/b1/hdDLboMwEAXQL6o8NhSTJWCX2DWmYCDAJgI1yqMkVC1KE76-rpRFVanKzGqkc-9iUIsaAg72XIpq1J66837bTfvx1A0_d-utGWFVLlwCMc1cIJJLWhrt-MyzoLGA-L7J4yDhi0UZgoAIG56FBAS5l1-hJrqVwD8TwL2SxgL6CyhBgTxBGj7jDCDGqEAN-6t8FfpAdBAYuhQOsEeranDX5nB9F_PbnB_gIpMPDgkTMwasEjgXuuegpw02rE2xqhJTZGCUFJrJNJnql9cqL8Mg2snP3QVJ1G6HsbdvXHGkl-Nxg47toK4Pnd3-6xtZiSOf/dl4/d5/L2dBISEvZ0FBIS9nQSEh/|title=Chambre des Députés du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg|access-date=2013-05-10|archive-date=2015-09-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923202511/http://www.chd.lu/wps/portal/public/!ut/p/b1/hdDLboMwEAXQL6o8NhSTJWCX2DWmYCDAJgI1yqMkVC1KE76-rpRFVanKzGqkc-9iUIsaAg72XIpq1J66837bTfvx1A0_d-utGWFVLlwCMc1cIJJLWhrt-MyzoLGA-L7J4yDhi0UZgoAIG56FBAS5l1-hJrqVwD8TwL2SxgL6CyhBgTxBGj7jDCDGqEAN-6t8FfpAdBAYuhQOsEeranDX5nB9F_PbnB_gIpMPDgkTMwasEjgXuuegpw02rE2xqhJTZGCUFJrJNJnql9cqL8Mg2snP3QVJ1G6HsbdvXHGkl-Nxg47toK4Pnd3-6xtZiSOf/dl4/d5/L2dBISEvZ0FBIS9nQSEh/|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://www.lessentiel.lu/fr/news/story/19360249|title=Une adoption simple pour les couples gay?|publisher=L'essentiel|date=6 March 2013|language=fr|access-date=8 March 2013|archive-date=25 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180625161359/http://www.lessentiel.lu/fr/news/story/19360249|url-status=live}} However, on 4 June, the Council of State issued a second review, rejecting the compromise to allow simple adoption for all couples while restricting plenary adoption to opposite-sex couples only.{{Cite web|url=https://www.chd.lu/wps/PA_RoleDesAffaires/FTSByteServingServletImpl?path=/export/exped/sexpdata/Mag/127/285/122864.pdf|title=Chambre des Députés du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg|website=www.chd.lu|access-date=2022-01-12|archive-date=2020-01-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200110051641/https://www.chd.lu/wps/PA_RoleDesAffaires/FTSByteServingServletImpl?path=%2Fexport%2Fexped%2Fsexpdata%2FMag%2F127%2F285%2F122864.pdf|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://luxtimes.lu/archives/22966-state-council-objects-to-new-adoption-law|title=State Council objects to new adoption law|website=luxtimes.lu|access-date=2020-05-29|archive-date=2013-10-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021143425/http://www.wort.lu/en/view/state-council-objects-to-new-adoption-law-51af2a2ce4b0e794460f86dd|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://www.lequotidien.lu/politique-et-societe/45647.html |title=Luxembourg: Le Conseil d'État balaie le compromis |date=6 June 2013 |publisher=Le Quotidien |language=fr |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141113070753/http://www.lequotidien.lu/politique-et-societe/45647.html |archive-date=November 13, 2014 }} On 19 June 2013, the Legal Affairs Committee decided to back full adoption rights for same-sex couples. The bill was expected to be voted on by Parliament in the autumn of 2013,{{cite news|url=http://www.wort.lu/en/view/breakthrough-in-adoption-law-reform-for-same-sex-couples-51c186b1e4b0c60d7f091524|title=Breakthrough in adoption law reform for same-sex couples|publisher=Wort.lu|date=19 June 2013|access-date=19 June 2013|archive-date=21 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021143427/http://www.wort.lu/en/view/breakthrough-in-adoption-law-reform-for-same-sex-couples-51c186b1e4b0c60d7f091524|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|url=http://www.lessentiel.lu/fr/news/luxembourg/story/L-adoption-pleniere-pour-les-couples-homosexuels--17740265|title=L'adoption plénière pour les couples homosexuels?|publisher=L'essentiel|date=19 June 2013|language=fr|access-date=19 June 2013|archive-date=25 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180625161251/http://www.lessentiel.lu/fr/news/luxembourg/story/L-adoption-pleniere-pour-les-couples-homosexuels--17740265|url-status=live}} however, a further delay was caused by elections in October 2013 following the resignation of the Juncker–Asselborn Government.{{cite news|url=http://www.lessentiel.lu/fr/news/luxembourg/story/20025665|title=Adoption et mariage gay devront attendre|date=25 July 2013|publisher=L'essentiel|language=fr|access-date=31 July 2013|archive-date=25 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180625161206/http://www.lessentiel.lu/fr/news/luxembourg/story/20025665|url-status=live}}

The coalition agreement of the new Bettel–Schneider Government, sworn in on 4 December 2013 and led by gay Prime Minister Xavier Bettel, included marriage and adoption rights for same-sex couples, scheduled for the first trimester of 2014.{{efn|Page 12: {{lang|fr|La réforme sur le droit au mariage pour tous les couples, indépendamment de leur genre ou identité sexuelle sera adoptée au courant du premier trimestre 2014.}} (translating to "The reform on the right to marriage for all couples, regardless of their gender or sexual identity will be adopted in the first trimester of 2014.")}}{{cite web|url=http://www.gouvernement.lu/3322796/Programme-gouvernemental.pdf|title=Programme gouvernemental|publisher=Government of Luxembourg|page=12|language=fr|access-date=2013-12-05|archive-date=2017-12-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171225045704/https://www.gouvernement.lu/3322796/Programme-gouvernemental.pdf|url-status=live}} On 8 January 2014, the Minister of Justice, Félix Braz, stated that Parliament would vote on the bill in the summer of 2014 and, if approved, it would take effect before the end of 2014.{{Cite web|url=http://www.lessentiel.lu/fr/luxembourg/story/la-loi-sur-le-mariage-gay-votee-d-ici-cet-ete-12412441|title=La loi sur le mariage gay votée d'ici cet été|website=L'essentiel|date=8 January 2014 |access-date=2020-05-29|archive-date=2020-09-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200923035453/http://www.lessentiel.lu/fr/luxembourg/story/la-loi-sur-le-mariage-gay-votee-d-ici-cet-ete-12412441|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://luxtimes.lu/archives/19257-luxembourg-lbgt-community-welcomes-same-sex-marriage-before-end-of-year|title=Luxembourg LBGT community welcomes same sex marriage before end of year|website=luxtimes.lu|access-date=2020-05-29|archive-date=2014-01-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140111063637/http://www.wort.lu/en/view/luxembourg-lbgt-community-welcomes-same-sex-marriage-before-end-of-year-52cea3ede4b013b24c8ed7ce|url-status=live}} On 19 March 2014, the Legal Affairs Committee completed its work on the marriage bill, and sent it to the Council of State, which released its opinion on 20 May 2014.{{Cite web|url=https://www.chd.lu/wps/PA_RoleDesAffaires/FTSByteServingServletImpl?path=/export/exped/sexpdata/Mag/196/290/129859.pdf|title=Chambre des Députés du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg|website=www.chd.lu|access-date=2022-01-12|archive-date=2020-01-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200128044835/https://www.chd.lu/wps/PA_RoleDesAffaires/FTSByteServingServletImpl?path=%2Fexport%2Fexped%2Fsexpdata%2FMag%2F196%2F290%2F129859.pdf|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.chd.lu/wps/PA_RoleDesAffaires/FTSByteServingServletImpl?path=/export/exped/sexpdata/Mag/114/339/131338.pdf|title=Chambre des Députés du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg|website=www.chd.lu|access-date=2022-01-12|archive-date=2020-01-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200110051633/https://www.chd.lu/wps/PA_RoleDesAffaires/FTSByteServingServletImpl?path=%2Fexport%2Fexped%2Fsexpdata%2FMag%2F114%2F339%2F131338.pdf|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://luxtimes.lu/archives/17118-state-council-warns-of-gay-adoption-legal-challenges|title=State Council warns of gay adoption legal challenges|website=luxtimes.lu|access-date=2020-05-29|archive-date=2016-02-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160215204304/http://www.wort.lu/en/politics/luxembourg-family-law-reform-state-council-warns-of-gay-adoption-legal-challenges-537c7f00b9b398870802885e|url-status=live}} On 28 May, the committee voted to send the bill to the Chamber of Deputies, with every political party except the Alternative Democratic Reform Party (ADR) being in favour.{{Cite web|url=https://www.chd.lu/wps/PA_RoleDesAffaires/FTSByteServingServletImpl?path=/export/exped/sexpdata/Mag/116/391/131950.pdf|title=Chambre des Députés du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg|website=www.chd.lu|access-date=2022-01-12|archive-date=2020-01-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200110051637/https://www.chd.lu/wps/PA_RoleDesAffaires/FTSByteServingServletImpl?path=%2Fexport%2Fexped%2Fsexpdata%2FMag%2F116%2F391%2F131950.pdf|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://www.wort.lu/en/politics/chamber-of-deputies-green-light-for-same-sex-marriage-in-luxembourg-5385b7eab9b398870802c960|title=Green light for same-sex marriage in Luxembourg|publisher=Wort.lu|date=28 May 2014|access-date=28 May 2014|archive-date=22 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160322235313/http://www.wort.lu/en/politics/chamber-of-deputies-green-light-for-same-sex-marriage-in-luxembourg-5385b7eab9b398870802c960|url-status=dead}} The legislation was approved by the Chamber of Deputies in a 56–4 vote on 18 June 2014.{{Cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/luxembourg-passes-same-sex-marriage-and-adoption-bill-in-landslide-vote-9547282.html|title=Luxembourg passes same-sex marriage and adoption bill in landslide|date=June 18, 2014|website=The Independent|access-date=May 29, 2020|archive-date=February 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200217164712/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/luxembourg-passes-same-sex-marriage-and-adoption-bill-in-landslide-vote-9547282.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2014/06/luxembourg-legislature-votes-to-legalize-same-sex-marriage-adoption/|title=Luxembourg legislature votes to legalize same-sex marriage, adoption|author=Staff Reports|date=June 18, 2014|website=LGBTQ Nation|access-date=May 29, 2020|archive-date=August 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200814052507/https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2014/06/luxembourg-legislature-votes-to-legalize-same-sex-marriage-adoption/|url-status=live}} On 24 June, the Council of State gave its consent to skip the second vote.{{Cite web|url=http://www.conseil-etat.public.lu/fr/ordre-jour/oj140624.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141015083610/http://www.conseil-etat.public.lu/fr/ordre-jour/oj140624.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 15, 2014|title=Conseil d'Etat du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg - 24/06/2014|date=October 15, 2014}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.chd.lu/wps/PA_RoleDesAffaires/FTSByteServingServletImpl?path=/export/exped/sexpdata/Mag/132/339/133318.pdf|title=Chambre des Députés du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg|website=www.chd.lu|access-date=2022-01-12|archive-date=2020-01-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200110051646/https://www.chd.lu/wps/PA_RoleDesAffaires/FTSByteServingServletImpl?path=%2Fexport%2Fexped%2Fsexpdata%2FMag%2F132%2F339%2F133318.pdf|url-status=live}}

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The law was promulgated by Grand Duke Henri on 4 July and published in the official gazette on 17 July 2014. It took effect the first day of the sixth month after publication (i.e. 1 January 2015).{{Cite web|url=http://legilux.public.lu/eli/etat/leg/loi/2014/07/04/n1/jo|title=Loi du 4 juillet 2014 portanta) réforme du Titre II.- du Livre Ier du Code civil "Des actes de l'état civil" et modifiant les articles 34, 47, 57, 63, 70, 71, 73, 75, 76, 79, 79-1 et 95;b) réforme du Titre V.- du Livre Ier du Code civil "Du mariage", rétablissant l'article 143, modifiant les articles 144, 145, 147, 148, 161 à 164, 165 à 171, 173 à 175, 176, 177, 179, 180 à 192, 194 à 199, 201, 202, 203 à 206, 212 à 224, 226, 227, introduisant les articles 146-1, 146-2, 175-1, 175-2 nouveaux et abrogeant les articles 149 à 154, 158 à 160bis, 178, le Chapitre VIII et l'article 228;c) modification des articles 295, 351, 379, 380, 383, 390, 412, 496, alinéa 1, 509-1, alinéa 2, 730, 791, 847 à 849, 852, alinéa 3, 980, alinéa 2, 1405, 1409 et 1676, alinéa 2, et abrogation des articles 296 et 297 et 1595 du Code civil;d) modification de l'article 66 du Code de commerce;e) modification des articles 265, alinéa 1er, 278 et 521 du Nouveau Code de procédure civile;f) introduction d'un Titre VI.bis nouveau dans la Deuxième Partie du Nouveau Code de procédure civile;g) introduction d'un Chapitre VII.-I nouveau au Titre VII du Livre Ier du Code pénal;h) abrogation de la loi du 23 avril 1827 concernant la dispense des prohibitions du mariage prévues par les articles 162 à 164 du Code civil; eti) abrogation de la loi du 19 décembre 1972 portant introduction d'un examen médical avant mariage. - Legilux|website=legilux.public.lu|access-date=2017-02-28|archive-date=2019-07-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190709222504/http://legilux.public.lu/eli/etat/leg/loi/2014/07/04/n1/jo|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://luxtimes.lu/archives/16281-same-sex-marriages-from-january-1|title=Same-sex marriages from January 1|website=luxtimes.lu|access-date=2020-05-29|archive-date=2017-02-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170219004322/http://www.wort.lu/en/politics/save-the-date-same-sex-marriages-from-january-1-53c77b26b9b398870804667d|url-status=live}}{{Cite web |date=17 July 2014 |title=Same-Sex Marriage in Luxembourg from 1 January 2015 |url=https://chronicle.lu/categoriesluxembourgathome/item/7947-same-sex-marriage-in-luxembourg-from-1-january-2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170630131443/https://chronicle.lu/categoriesluxembourgathome/item/7947-same-sex-marriage-in-luxembourg-from-1-january-2015 |archive-date=Jun 30, 2017 |access-date=2020-05-29 |website=Chronicle.lu}} In addition to providing full adoption rights to same-sex couples, the law allows lesbian couples to access artificial insemination in a relatively similar manner to opposite-sex couples. A notable distinction is that lesbian couples require approval from a psychologist. Although opposite-sex couples are also generally directed to a psychologist, the consultation is not mandatory.{{cite web|url=http://www.lessentiel.lu/fr/luxembourg/story/l-important-c-est-que-l-enfant-ait-deux-parents-30065725|title="L'important, c'est que l'enfant ait deux parents"|work=L'essentiel|date=4 July 2014|language=fr|access-date=29 November 2020|archive-date=12 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220112141100/http://www.lessentiel.lu/fr/luxembourg/story/l-important-c-est-que-l-enfant-ait-deux-parents-30065725|url-status=live}}

The Luxembourgish Civil Code (Title V, Article 143) was amended to state:

• in Luxembourgish: {{lang|lb|Zwou Persoune vu verschiddenem Geschlecht oder gläichem Geschlecht kënnen sech bestuede.}}
• in French: {{lang|fr|Deux personnes de sexe différent ou de même sexe peuvent contracter mariage.}}
• in German: {{lang|de|Zwei Personen verschiedenen oder gleichen Geschlechts können eine Ehe eingehen.}}

: (Two persons of different sex or of the same sex may contract marriage.)

The first same-sex couple to marry in Luxembourg was Henri Lorenzo Huber and Jean-Paul Olinger in Differdange on 1 January 2015. The marriage ceremony was performed by Mayor Roberto Traversini.{{cite news|title=First same-sex marriage in Luxembourg: Jean Olinger and Henri Huber say 'I do'|url=http://www.wort.lu/en/luxembourg/first-same-sex-marriage-in-luxembourg-jean-olinger-and-henri-huber-say-i-do-54a5440e0c88b46a8ce4e576|access-date=2 January 2015|work=Luxemburger Wort|date=1 January 2015|archive-date=1 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170801175604/https://www.wort.lu/en/luxembourg/first-same-sex-marriage-in-luxembourg-jean-olinger-and-henri-huber-say-i-do-54a5440e0c88b46a8ce4e576|url-status=dead}} On 15 May 2015, Prime Minister Xavier Bettel married his partner Gauthier Destenay in a private ceremony at Luxembourg City Hall. Bettel became the first EU member state leader and just the second serving head of government worldwide (after Iceland's Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir) to marry a person of the same sex.{{cite news|url=http://www.wort.lu/en/panorama/luxembourg-pm-marries-xavier-bettel-and-gauthier-destenay-say-i-do-555600060c88b46a8ce5953c|title=Xavier Bettel and Gauthier Destenay say 'I do'|publisher=Luxemburger Wort|date=15 May 2015|access-date=16 May 2015|archive-date=1 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170201031157/http://www.wort.lu/en/panorama/luxembourg-pm-marries-xavier-bettel-and-gauthier-destenay-say-i-do-555600060c88b46a8ce5953c|url-status=dead}} In November 2016, Vice Prime Minister Etienne Schneider confirmed that he and his partner Jérôme Domange had married in a private ceremony sometime in 2016.{{Cite web|url=https://5minutes.rtl.lu/actu/luxembourg/a/972573.html|title=Carnet blanc: Etienne Schneider a épousé son compagnon dans l'intimité|website=5minutes.rtl.lu|access-date=2020-05-29|archive-date=2022-01-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220112141102/https://5minutes.rtl.lu/actu/luxembourg/a/972573.html|url-status=live}}

In June 2014, the Chamber of Deputies invalidated a petition that sought to repeal the new marriage law.{{Cite web|url=http://www.lessentiel.lu/fr/luxembourg/story/pas-de-debat-sur-la-petition-contre-le-mariage-gay-21918696|title=Pas de débat sur la pétition contre le mariage gay|website=L'essentiel|date=15 June 2014 |access-date=2020-05-29|archive-date=2020-09-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200920101344/http://www.lessentiel.lu/fr/luxembourg/story/pas-de-debat-sur-la-petition-contre-le-mariage-gay-21918696|url-status=live}} However, a court declared the petition valid on 16 November 2015.[http://www.lessentiel.lu/fr/news/luxembourg/story/Les-anti-mariage-gay-ont-le-droit-a-leur-debat-public-29336560 Les anti-mariage gay ont le droit à leur débat public] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180625185218/http://www.lessentiel.lu/fr/news/luxembourg/story/Les-anti-mariage-gay-ont-le-droit-a-leur-debat-public-29336560 |date=2018-06-25 }}, 20 November 2015, L'essentiel The petition, called {{lang|lb|Schutz fir d'Kand}} in Luxembourgish ("Protection of the Child"), accompanied with about 4,500 signatures, was then re-presented to the Chamber of Deputies, which rejected it again in November 2016.{{Cite web|url=https://5minutes.rtl.lu/actu/luxembourg/a/974907.html|title=Droits des couples homosexuels: Les députés ne toucheront pas au mariage et à l'adoption|website=5minutes.rtl.lu|access-date=2020-05-29|archive-date=2022-01-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220112141103/https://5minutes.rtl.lu/actu/luxembourg/a/974907.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.tageblatt.lu/nachrichten/nur-zwei-petitionen-angenommen-27253165/|title=/ Nur zwei Petitionen angenommen|date=November 8, 2016|website=Tageblatt.lu|access-date=May 29, 2020|archive-date=June 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180625185136/http://www.tageblatt.lu/nachrichten/nur-zwei-petitionen-angenommen-27253165/|url-status=live}} The organizers of the petition had argued that the same-sex marriage law was "a radical transformation of the family and society" and accused the government of "weakening the family" and children's rights.{{cite web|url=https://www.virgule.lu/luxembourg/la-petition-de-l-initiative-schutz-fir-d-kand-rejetee/165173.html|language=fr|title=La pétition de l'Initiative Schutz fir d'Kand rejetée|work=Virgule|date=16 June 2014}} On 7 July 2015, a proposal by an ADR deputy to organize a referendum on opening marriage and adoption to same-sex couples was rejected by every other political party in the Chamber of Deputies.{{Cite web|url=http://chd.lu/wps/PA_RoleDesAffaires/FTSByteServingServletImpl?path=/export/exped/sexpdata/Mag/155/488/145847.pdf|title=Bulletin de Vote (Vote Public) - Proposition de loi 6699|language=fr|access-date=2 December 2016|archive-date=10 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200110051701/https://chd.lu/wps/PA_RoleDesAffaires/FTSByteServingServletImpl?path=%2Fexport%2Fexped%2Fsexpdata%2FMag%2F155%2F488%2F145847.pdf|url-status=live}}

On 19 November 2015, a bill was introduced to Parliament to ensure recognition of same-sex marriages performed abroad before 1 January 2015. It was approved by the Chamber of Deputies on 19 April 2016 in a 50–3 vote,{{in lang|fr}} [http://chd.lu/wps/portal/public/Accueil/TravailALaChambre/Recherche/RoleDesAffaires?action=doDocpaDetails&backto=/wps/portal/public/Accueil/Actualite&id=6908 6908 - Projet de loi sur la reconnaissance du mariage au Grand-Duché de Luxembourg et modifiant le Code civil] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031191119/https://chd.lu/wps/portal/public/Accueil/TravailALaChambre/Recherche/RoleDesAffaires?action=doDocpaDetails&backto=%2Fwps%2Fportal%2Fpublic%2FAccueil%2FActualite&id=6908 |date=2020-10-31 }}{{Cite web|url=https://lequotidien.lu/politique-societe/mariages-gay-linjustice-reparee/|title=Mariages gay : l'injustice réparée | Le Quotidien|access-date=2020-05-29|archive-date=2018-09-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180915042441/http://www.lequotidien.lu/politique-et-societe/mariages-gay-linjustice-reparee/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=http://24gay.fr/mariage-gay-etranger-luxembourg/|title=Luxembourg : les mariages gay célébrés à l'étranger reconnus|date=April 20, 2016|access-date=May 4, 2016|archive-date=September 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180915042336/http://24gay.fr/mariage-gay-etranger-luxembourg/|url-status=live}} and on 3 May, the Council of State gave its consent to skip the second vote in the Chamber.{{Cite web|url=http://www.conseil-etat.public.lu/content/dam/conseil_etat/fr/ordre-jour/Ordre%20du%20jour%202016-05-03%20-%20INTERNET.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170213185956/http://www.conseil-etat.public.lu/content/dam/conseil_etat/fr/ordre-jour/Ordre%20du%20jour%202016-05-03%20-%20INTERNET.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=2017-02-13|title=Séances publique et plénière du mardi 3 mai 2016}}{{Cite web|url=https://chd.lu/wps/PA_RoleDesAffaires/FTSByteServingServletImpl?path=/export/exped/sexpdata/Mag/101/686/160805.pdf|title=Chambre des Députés du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg|website=chd.lu|access-date=2022-01-12|archive-date=2020-01-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200128044840/https://chd.lu/wps/PA_RoleDesAffaires/FTSByteServingServletImpl?path=%2Fexport%2Fexped%2Fsexpdata%2FMag%2F101%2F686%2F160805.pdf|url-status=live}} The law was promulgated on 23 May, published in the official journal on 1 June, and took effect on 5 June 2016.{{Cite web|url=http://legilux.public.lu/eli/etat/leg/loi/2016/05/23/n2/jo|title=Loi du 23 mai 2016 sur la reconnaissance du mariage au Grand-Duché de Luxembourg et modifiant le Code civil. - Legilux|website=legilux.public.lu|access-date=2017-02-28|archive-date=2019-09-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190913152917/http://legilux.public.lu/eli/etat/leg/loi/2016/05/23/n2/jo|url-status=live}}

Contacted by the newspaper L'essentiel, the Grand Ducal Court of Luxembourg confirmed in October 2021 that members of the royal family may enter into a same-sex marriage without having to forfeit the crown or lose their royal titles and privileges or their place in the line of succession, though the marriage—like opposite-sex marriages—would require the approval of the Grand Duke or Grand Duchess. This followed similar announcements concerning other European royal families.{{cite web|url=https://histoiresroyales.fr/mariage-homosexuel-heritier-grand-duc-luxembourg-adoption-succession/|language=fr|title=Un grand-duc de Luxembourg gay peut-il se marier et avoir des enfants ?|work=Histoires Royales|date=27 October 2021|first=Nicolas|last=Fontaine}}

In 2015, approximately 120 same-sex marriages took place in Luxembourg; 49 and 11 of which occurred in Luxembourg City and Esch-sur-Alzette, the two largest cities in the country. This represented about 7% of all marriages.{{cite web |url=http://www.lessentiel.lu/fr/news/story/25965453 |author=Lambert, Frédéric |title=Plus d'une centaine de mariages gay en 2015 |publisher=L'essentiel |date=10 March 2016 |language=fr |access-date=20 July 2016 |archive-date=25 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180625185130/http://www.lessentiel.lu/fr/news/story/25965453 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web|url=http://www.lessentiel.lu/fr/luxembourg/story/Moins-de-naissances-et-49-mariages-homos-28558562|title=Moins de naissances et 49 mariages homos|website=L'essentiel|date=6 January 2016 |access-date=2020-05-29|archive-date=2019-02-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190214171455/http://www.lessentiel.lu/fr/luxembourg/story/Moins-de-naissances-et-49-mariages-homos-28558562|url-status=live}} About 69% of same-sex partners who married that year were aged above 40 (74% for male couples and 61% for female couples).{{Cite web|url=https://5minutes.rtl.lu/actu/luxembourg/a/972582.html|title=Mariage: À quel âge se marie-t-on le plus au Luxembourg ?|website=5minutes.rtl.lu|access-date=2020-05-29|archive-date=2022-01-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220112141129/https://5minutes.rtl.lu/actu/luxembourg/a/972582.html|url-status=live}} The number of same-sex marriages performed per year has decreased since then, with only 47 such marriages taking place in 2023.{{cite web|url=https://infos.rtl.lu/actu/luxembourg/a/2263900.html|language=fr|title=Les couples de même sexe peuvent se marier depuis 2015 au Luxembourg|work=RTL Infos|date=3 January 2025}}

In May 2015, the Protestant Church of Luxembourg voted 94–3 to allow its pastors to bless same-sex marriages. Pastors are under no obligation to bless same-sex marriages if this would violate their personal beliefs. The first blessing occurred a few weeks later.{{cite web|url=https://paperjam.lu/article/news-leglise-protestante-benira-les-couples-homosexuels|title=L'Église protestante bénira les couples homosexuels|work=Paperjam|date=19 May 2015|language=fr|last=Hennebert|first=Jean-Michel|access-date=24 December 2021|archive-date=12 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220112141103/https://paperjam.lu/article/news-leglise-protestante-benira-les-couples-homosexuels|url-status=live}}

The Catholic Church opposes same-sex marriage and does not allow its priests to officiate at such marriages. In December 2023, the Holy See published Fiducia supplicans, a declaration allowing Catholic priests to bless couples who are not considered to be married according to church teaching, including the blessing of same-sex couples.{{cite web|url=https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/fiducia-supplicans-whos-saying-what|title='Fiducia supplicans': Who's saying what?|work=The Pillar|first=Luke|last=Coppen|date=19 December 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://lequotidien.lu/monde/le-vatican-autorise-la-benediction-hors-liturgie-des-couples-de-meme-sexe/|title=Le Vatican autorise la bénédiction sous conditions des couples de même sexe|work=Le Quotidien|language=fr|date=18 December 2023}}

The 2006 Eurobarometer poll found that 58% of Luxembourgers supported same-sex marriage.{{Cite web|url=https://europa.eu/eurobarometer/surveys/detail/584|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230201043015/https://europa.eu/eurobarometer/surveys/detail/584|title=Standard Eurobarometer 66 - Autumn 2006|archive-date=February 1, 2023|work=europa.eu}} An April 2013 PoliMonitor survey commissioned by the Luxemburger Wort and RTL Télé Lëtzebuerg placed support for same-sex marriage in Luxembourg at 83% and for adoption by same-sex couples at 55%.{{Cite web|url=https://luxtimes.lu/archives/19264-majority-in-luxembourg-supports-gay-marriage|title=Majority in Luxembourg supports gay marriage|website=luxtimes.lu|access-date=2020-05-29|archive-date=2014-01-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140128065146/http://www.wort.lu/en/view/majority-in-luxembourg-supports-gay-marriage-518d1acbe4b0f38d273d30c2|url-status=live}}

The 2015 Eurobarometer found that 75% of Luxembourgers thought same-sex marriage should be allowed throughout Europe, while 20% were opposed.{{Cite web|url=http://www.equineteurope.org/IMG/pdf/ebs_437_en.pdf|title=Special Eurobarometer 437|access-date=2015-10-07|archive-date=2019-05-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190503191857/http://www.equineteurope.org/IMG/pdf/ebs_437_en.pdf|url-status=dead}} In 2019, the Eurobarometer showed that support had increased to 85%, with 9% opposed.{{cite web|url=https://ec.europa.eu/commfrontoffice/publicopinion/index.cfm/ResultDoc/download/DocumentKy/87771|title=Eurobarometer on Discrimination 2019: The social acceptance of LGBTI people in the EU|publisher=European Commission|work=TNS|access-date=23 September 2019|page=2|archive-date=16 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200216133347/https://ec.europa.eu/commfrontoffice/publicopinion/index.cfm/ResultDoc/download/DocumentKy/87771|url-status=live}} The 2023 Eurobarometer found that 84% of Luxembourgers thought same-sex marriage should be allowed throughout Europe, while 13% were opposed. The survey also found that 86% of Luxembourgers thought that "there is nothing wrong in a sexual relationship between two persons of the same sex", while 13% disagreed.{{cite web|url=https://europa.eu/eurobarometer/surveys/detail/2972|title=Eurobarometer 2023: Discrimination in the European Union|access-date=1 January 2024|work=europa.eu}}

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