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Did you know? The Netherlands was the first country in the world to legally equate same-sex marriage with heterosexual marriage, in April 2001. On 1 April four couples married in Amsterdam — three male and one female couple. Belgium followed in 2003, Spain in 2005.

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The Netherlands was the first country in the world to legally equate same-sex marriage with heterosexual marriage, in April 2001. On 1 April four couples married in Amsterdam — three male and one female couple. Belgium followed in 2003, Spain in 2005.

Nederland was in april 2001 het eerste land ter wereld dat het homohuwelijk juridisch gelijkstelde met het hetero-huwelijk. Op 1 april trouwden vier paren in Amsterdam — drie mannelijke en één vrouwelijke koppel. België volgde in 2003, Spanje in 2005.

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