New Zealand same-sex couples tie the knot
AFP – Dozens of same-sex couples said “I do” Monday as New Zealand became the first Asia-Pacific country, and only the 14th in the world, to legalise gay marriage. Vows were exchanged in venues ranging...
View ArticleNew Zealand Cashes In On Gay Marriage
Both Tourism New Zealand and Air New Zealand launched campaigns around the country's first gay weddings Monday. Reported by IBTimes 1 day ago.
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Only People Who Face Each Other During Sex Should Marry, Says Anti-Gay...
Legal Politics World A Mexican congresswoman representing the state of Puebla where same-sex marriages are not legally recognized told supporters that gay people people should not be allowed to marry...
View ArticleChristie Signs Ban On Gay Conversion Therapy
TRENTON, N.J. -- Gov. Chris Christie signed a bill Monday barring licensed therapists from trying to turn gay teenagers straight, making New Jersey the second state to ban so-called conversion therapy,...
View ArticleHow You Can Make A Difference For LGBT Athletes At The 2020 Olympics
Russia has made its share of headlines lately and it looks like their 2014 Olympic games could have a ripple effect felt for years to come. Earlier this summer, President Putin signed an anti-LGBT bill...
View ArticleCounty Official Calls Pa. Marriage Law 'Suspect'
County official calls Pa. marriage law arbitrary, suspect in fight over gay marriage Reported by ABCNews.com 13 hours ago.
View ArticleCounty Official Sees State's Gay Marriage Law As 'Suspect'
PHILADELPHIA -- A county clerk defended his decision to issue same-sex marriage licenses in a legal brief Monday that calls Pennsylvania's marriage law "arbitrary and suspect." About 135 same-sex...
View ArticleHawaii religious leaders sign gay marriage appeal
More than two dozen Hawaii faith leaders of various religions signed a resolution Monday calling the state to pass a law legalizing gay marriage. Reported by Miami Herald 10 hours ago.
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Alabama Republicans Threaten to Remove GOP Gay Marriage Supporter
In the U.S. women were granted the right to vote in 1920, but the Alabama Republican Party isn't too happy when one of their females speaks out in support of gay marriage in 2013. Don Wallace and...
View ArticleNew Zealand gay weddings begin, 1 at 39,000 feet
QUEENSTOWN, New Zealand (AP) - When Lynley Bendall and Ally Wanikau walked down the aisle to exchange vows, the fasten-seatbelt signs were off. The couple celebrated the legalization of gay marriage in...
View ArticleScalia: Court Shouldn't 'Invent New Minorities'
The U.S. Supreme Court is making decisions that should be left to Congress or the people, from wiretapping to inventing new classes of minorities, Justice Antonin Scalia said Monday.In an apparent...
View ArticleScalia: SCOTUS Shouldn't 'Invent New Minorities'
BOZEMAN, Mont. — The U.S. Supreme Court is making decisions that should be left to Congress or the people, from wiretapping to "inventing" new classes of minorities, Justice Antonin Scalia said Monday....
View ArticleGay weddings begin in New Zealand, including one at 39,000 feet
Gay marriage was legalized in New Zealand in April, and the law took effect Monday. One high-profile and high-altitude wedding took place on a plane, with witness Jesse Tyler Ferguson. Reported by...
View ArticleHawaii next for gay marriage push
Hawaii state House Democrats will meet this week to gauge whether they can come up with the votes to pass a bill legalizing same-sex marriage. If there is sufficient support, and if legislative leaders...
View ArticleGOP Lawmaker Who Partly Blamed Drunken Boating On Gay Marriage Law Charged...
Maryland state Rep. Don Dwyer (R), who recently pleaded guilty to drunken boating in a 27-foot power boat called "The Legislator," was charged with driving a car while intoxicated on Tuesday morning....
View ArticleNew Zealand's First Same-Sex Wedding Took Place On A Plane
The flower girl skipped through the aisle seats when a New Zealand couple tied the knot in an airplane on Monday, the same day the country's gay marriage law took effect. Lynley Bendall and Ally...
View ArticleGay marriage hearing scheduled Sept. 4; couples sign on to intervene
32 same-sex couples request permission to intervene in defense of Montgomery County D. Bruce Hanes and the marriage licenses he has issued to them. Reported by philly.com 18 hours ago.
View ArticleCorrection: Scalia-Montana story
In a story Aug. 19 about Justice Antonin Scalia's speech in Montana, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Scalia dissented in both Supreme Court decisions involving gay marriage and benefits...
View ArticleCharles Karel Bouley: Russia and Egypt: An Interesting Sense of Outrage
"The United States criticizing Russia over gay rights is like Rwanda criticizing the Darfur over genocide... " Yes, that is what I said when asked by a listener about President Obama's condemnation of...
View ArticleOn gay issues, Gov. Chris says there's no ambiguity
Gov. Chris Christie speaks in Hackensack last month.Ed Murray/The Star-Ledger LITTLE FERRY —Gov. Chris Christie said today he sees no contradiction between his long-standing opposition to gay marriage...
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