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Gay marriage bills head toward votes in New Jersey, Maryland

In New Jersey, the Assembly takes up the "Marriage Equality and Religious Exemption Act," which passed the Senate on Monday. The bill is expected to pass the Democrat-dominated lower house as well, but faces a promised veto by G [...]

Posted On : Feb, 16 2012 | Comments : 0

Psychologists urge support of gay marriage as beneficial to ...

The body, which represents 20,000 psychologists across the country, yesterday urged a change in the Marriage Act, citing evidence that marriage is beneficial for an individual's mental health and that harm is caused by social exclusio [...]

Posted On : Dec, 23 2011 | Comments : 0

Gay marriage and the collapse of Europe

Gay marriage, according to the pundits of The Australian, is a boutique issue. This must be the reason they have written about little else for the past fortnight. Apparently under the impression that they are actually employed by the C [...]

Posted On : Dec, 05 2011 | Comments : 0

US gay couples “quicker to enter marriage than civil unions”

he study, by The Williams Institute, was designed to create a country-wide representation of the demand for legal recognition among same-sex couples. It compared data for states with full marriage equality and states with civil unions. [...]

Posted On : Nov, 11 2011 | Comments : 0

Parliament to hear gay marriage views

Last November, Parliament passed a Greens motion calling on MPs to consult their constituents about who should be entitled to marry. On Tuesday evening the House of Representatives agreed that members should report back in mid-August on t [...]

Posted On : Jul, 06 2011 | Comments : 0

Mayor Urges Gay Marriage

Mayor Michael Bloomberg forcefully championed marriage equality as a "fundamental civil right" during a sweeping speech in Manhattan on Thursday, urging the state Legislature to vote on the issue before the session e [...]

Posted On : May, 27 2011 | Comments : 0

Silver lining for gay and lesbians

Fady, 29, limits his imagination to the future of his relationship with his boyfriend. A closet homosexual, except to a few very close friends, he keeps his sexual orientation a secret. “I have a lot of things to consider if I come [...]

Posted On : May, 23 2011 | Comments : 0

Court orders probe into gay marriage

ADDITIONAL District and Sessions Judge Javed Mahmood Sandhu on Wednesday directed the Sabzazar SHO to hold an inquiry into allegations against two men who had allegedly contracted gay marriage in United Kingdom and presently were living i [...]

Posted On : May, 19 2011 | Comments : 0

Gay marriage ban to stay

A US federal court refused on Wednesday to suspend a ban on gay marriages in California, pending a long-running appeals process. California's attorney general called on the Ninth Circuit US Court of Appeals earlier this month to dism [...]

Posted On : Mar, 24 2011 | Comments : 0

Gay marriage defeat leaves couples crestfallen

Ken Goodman's fondest wish was to return to Silver Spring with the man he has been with for 15 years and get married in front of his childhood friends and his parents. Goodman and Michael Meyer, a hospital administrator, have we [...]

Posted On : Mar, 14 2011 | Comments : 0

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 [...]