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US: New Jersey Legislature passes marriage bill
What a day we’ve had in Trenton today! Moments ago, the New Jersey Assembly voted 41 to 33 to pass A. 1, the bill that would extend the freedom to marry to gay and lesbian couples. Today’s vote in the Assembly vote follows Monday’s 24-16 vote passing a marriage bill in the state Senate. Following ...
UK study: 61% of Christians back equal rights for gay couples
Results of a poll released today say 61% of people in the UK who identify as Christian back fully equal rights for gay couples. The 2011 Ipsos MORI study explored the “beliefs, knowledge and attitudes” of people who identified as Christian after the nationwide census last year. Continue reading … If you’re a Christian who ...
US: Gay marriage wave shows major shift
Gay marriage legislation has moved forward over the past week from coast to coast, a sign of a changing tide. In California, a federal appeals court struck down the state’s ban on same-sex marriage, declaring it unconstitutional. In New Jersey, the state Senate passed a bill to legalize gay marriage, two years after a similar ...
New York: Empire State Building hosts first same-sex weddings
NEW YORK, Feb 14 (Reuters) – Lucky couples have been married each year on Valentine Day’s on the top of the Empire State Building for nearly two decades but this year for the first time two same sex couples said “I do” at the iconic New York landmark. The sky-high nuptials on Tuesday followed the ...
US: American Psychological Association applauds Prop 8 ruling
WASHINGTON—The American Psychological Association praised today’s U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling upholding a U.S. District Court’s 2010 decision overturning Proposition 8. APA had filed a brief in the case (Perry vs. Brown) providing the scientific research relevant to the association’s support for marriage equality for same-sex couples. Proposition 8 took away the right ...
US: California marriage ban violates Constitution, court rules
LOS ANGELES – A federal appeals court panel ruled on Tuesday that a voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage in California violated the Constitution, all but ensuring that the case will proceed to the United States Supreme Court. The three-judge panel issued its ruling Tuesday morning in San Francisco, upholding a decision by Judge Vaughn R. ...
UK: Prominent conservative disowns ‘religious right’ and supports gay marriage
ConservativeHome editor tells party that changing the law would strengthen a valuable institution A prominent Conservative has broken ranks with his allies on the “religious right” by declaring his support for the Government’s controversial plans to legalise gay marriage. In an interview with The Independent, Tim Montgomerie dismissed criticism that extending equal rights to gays ...
UK: Anglican clergy rebel over partnerships ban
THE Church of England is facing a rebellion from its clergy over a ban on civil partnership ceremonies in its 16,000 churches. Nearly 100 clergy in the London diocese, one of the most traditionalist in the country, have signed a letter demanding the same rights for priests to hold civil partnership ceremonies in their churches ...
Washington State senate votes for marriage equality / Rejects civil partnerships
Australian marriage equality advocates have hailed a key vote in favour of reform in the US state of Washington. (Report here) Washington is set to become the eighth place in the United State to allow same-sex marriages after the state Upper House today passed a marriage equality bill that is expected to easily pass the ...
Gay marriage equality in Scotland ‘by the end of 2013’
Scotland is likely to have full marriage equality by the end of 2013 at the latest, Tim Hopkins, Director of the Equality Network told PinkNews.co.uk at a reception in the Scottish Parliament yesterday evening. 400 people attended the reception after all opposition party leaders signed up to the Equal Marriage Pledge. The Scottish government, led ...
Australian Marriage Equality
