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Md. House Nears Vote on Legalizing Gay Marriage

Gay marriage supporters were still working Tuesday to line up the votes needed to pass the measure in the House of Delegates, which put off debate until Wednesday. Backers hope to win passage of the Senate-approved bill and send it by th [...]

Posted On : Mar, 09 2011 | Comments : 0

Gay marriage call at Sydney Mardi Gras

Sequins, frocks and lycra were in abundance in Sydney last night as the city's annual Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade swept though city streets. Marriage equality was the dominant theme of the parade, with many pairs of brides and [...]

Posted On : Mar, 07 2011 | Comments : 0

Australian territories bill allowing gay marriage bill to be...

Coalition and Labor senators went into furious negotiations overnight in an effort to sidetrack the Greens' bill after a Labor backlash against the decision for the government to support the bill. The Greens bill to prohibit the [...]

Posted On : Mar, 02 2011 | Comments : 0

Gay marriage bill stirs debate

Following an impassioned debate Wednesday, the Wyoming Senate advanced legislation that would ban recognition of same-sex marriages and civil unions from outside the state. As dozens of supporters and opponents looked on from the vi [...]

Posted On : Feb, 17 2011 | Comments : 0

EXCLUSIVE: A Big Compromise on Gay Marriage?

As the gay marriage debate heats up at the Statehouse, one state rep is weighing a compromise measure that she says just might bring both sides together. Opponents are crying foul over what they see as an attempt to redefine marriage whi [...]

Posted On : Feb, 10 2011 | Comments : 0

Gay-marriage ban clears House panel

Indiana could join about 30 other states that have constitutional amendments banning gay marriage. "I'm very pleased," Rep. Eric Turner said after the House Judiciary Committee approved a resolution 8-4 on Monday. "Thi [...]

Posted On : Feb, 08 2011 | Comments : 0

Will 'Bluest of Blue States' OK Gay Marriage?

Lawmakers in two East Coast blue states are pushing to legalize gay marriage. Rhode Island is one. The other is Maryland -- next-door neighbor to Washington D.C., where the practice was legalized last year. Senators and delegates at the [...]

Posted On : Feb, 02 2011 | Comments : 0

Gay marriage lobby respects church

As the movement towards same-sex marriage intensifies, the increasingly high-profile Australian Marriage Equality group has today sought to assure church groups across Australia that it has the utmost respect for their religious beliefs. [...]

Posted On : Jan, 31 2011 | Comments : 0

Gay Marriage Debate Heats Up In Rhode Island

On the heel of the Catholic Church’s statement of disapproval January 7th, Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee along with House Speaker Gordon Fox restated their commitment to legalizing gay marriage, as reported by the Prov [...]

Posted On : Jan, 10 2011 | Comments : 0

Anti-gay-marriage Anglicans amass $6-million war chest

A growing group of dissident Anglicans, who broke away from the Anglican Church of Canada over opposition to same-sex blessings, amassed nearly $6 million in donations in the last fiscal year. And 22 per cent of those donations were made [...]

Posted On : Dec, 23 2010 | Comments : 0

Daley wants state to 'move faster' on gay marriage

After a historic vote legalizing civil unions this week, Mayor Daley on Thursday welcomed the Illinois General Assembly into “this new century” and urged lawmakers to “move faster” — and legalize gay marriag [...]

Posted On : Dec, 03 2010 | Comments : 0

No Last Push by Paterson to Legalize Gay Marriage

Gov. David A. Paterson, still unhappy about the defeat last year of a bill that would have legalized same-sex marriage, reached out to lawmakers recently to see if they would approve it during the lame-duck session this year. But even th [...]

Posted On : Dec, 02 2010 | Comments : 0

Anti gay marriage

Have you been asked about your view on gay marriage? Has your local member knocked on the door, put a leaflet in your letterbox or asked you to send an email? Federal politicians in the lower house voted two weeks ago to seek the views o [...]

Posted On : Nov, 30 2010 | Comments : 0

What next after gay marriage?

A Melbourne clergyman the other day had the nerve to object to homosexuality. “Take a look at the anatomy of a man and a woman,” he wrote to the Herald Sun, “and it is plain as a pikestaff what is meant to happen. If yo [...]