[{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/marriage-equality-in-costa-rica-to-arrive-in-2020\/#BlogPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/marriage-equality-in-costa-rica-to-arrive-in-2020\/","headline":"Marriage equality will become legal in Costa Rica by 2020","name":"Marriage equality will become legal in Costa Rica by 2020","description":"Earlier this month, the Supreme Court of Costa Rica officially declared that same-sex marriage will become legal by 2020.","datePublished":"2018-11-26","dateModified":"2021-06-02","author":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/author\/alainaleary\/#Person","name":"Fin Leary","url":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/author\/alainaleary\/","identifier":6376,"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2d51014ed1230c3de5b543787b5bebf7ad45072e559a4cdb76347a56854d47a4?s=96&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2d51014ed1230c3de5b543787b5bebf7ad45072e559a4cdb76347a56854d47a4?s=96&r=g","height":96,"width":96}},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Equally Wed","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"http:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/equally-wed-lgbtq-weddings-logo.jpg","url":"http:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/equally-wed-lgbtq-weddings-logo.jpg","width":218,"height":60}},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/international-2690996_1280.jpg","url":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/international-2690996_1280.jpg","height":960,"width":1280},"url":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/marriage-equality-in-costa-rica-to-arrive-in-2020\/","about":["News"],"wordCount":120,"keywords":[" marriage equality"," same-sex marriage","2020","Costa Rica","legal"],"articleBody":"Earlier this month, the Supreme Court of Costa Rica officially declared that same-sex marriage will be legally recognized by 2020. The court issued a 287-page ruling declaring that lawmakers had a deadline of 18 months to institute marriage equality. Legalizing marriage equality was a major campaign promise by President\u00a0Alvarado Quesada, who took office in May 2018.\u201cIt\u2019s now just a matter of time. Full equal rights will come, love will prevail,\u201d Alvarado Quesada tweeted following the decision.PLAN YOUR COSTA RICA HONEYMOONCosta Rica’s first same-sex wedding was blocked in January of this year by notaries who refused to recognize it until laws forbidding same-sex marriage were changed. The ban was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court back in August."},{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Marriage equality will become legal in Costa Rica by 2020","item":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/marriage-equality-in-costa-rica-to-arrive-in-2020\/#breadcrumbitem"}]}]