Washington DC council votes to legalise gay marriage
As predicted, the Washington DC council has voted 11-2 to legalise gay marriage in the district on Tuesday. Mayor Adrian Fenty has promised to sign the bill when it reaches his desk, which is the next...
View ArticleSenator succeeds in validating gay marriages before Proposition 8
Legislation will come into force on 1 January 2010 which clarifies that same-sex marriages in California which occurred before Proposition 8 are to remain valid in the state. Governor Arnold...
View ArticleApple approves ‘anti-gay’ iPhone app
Apple has approved an iPhone app which calls on users to sign up to a declaration against LGBT rights and gay marriage. The app is based on the Manhattan Declaration, a manifesto released in 2009 by...
View ArticleApple removes ‘anti-gay’ iPhone app
Apple has apparently removed an app from its iTunes store which rails against gay marriage and LGBT rights. The app, created by a Christian group, disappeared from the online store after media...
View ArticleChristian group pledge support for gay couples marrying
The Progressive Christianity Network (PCN) is the latest British faith-based group to come out in favour of legal recognition of gay marriage. Reverend John Churcher, a Methodist minister and chair of...
View ArticleItaly: Police break trans prostitution ring
Italian police say they have broken a prostitution ring which brought transgender people from Latin America into the country. Arrests took place in three Italian regions – Lazio, Campania and Umbria....
View ArticleYorkshire Tory MP: Same-sex marriage is being forced on churches
Conservative MP for Dewsbury Simon Reevell has become the latest MP to suggest that churches will be forced to conduct same-sex marriages despite government assurances. Writing for Conservative Home,...
View ArticleCatholic Archbishop of San Francisco: Allowing gays to marry ‘is like...
Introducing equal marriage is like legalising “male breastfeeding”, according to the Catholic Archbishop of San Francisco Salvatore Cordileone. In an interview with the Catholic Herald, Archbishop...
View ArticleWyoming fails to pass domestic partnership rights for gay couples
A bill to extend domestic partnership rights to gay couples in the US state of Wyoming has been defeated. The Republican-controlled house in Cheyenne voted down a bill on Wednesday night that would...
View ArticleChuck Hagel confirmed as US Defence Secretary despite past anti-gay remarks
Having faced criticism over his previous homophobic views, the US Senate has confirmed former Senator Chuck Hagel as the new US Defence Secretary. Last December, Mr Hagel apologised for comments he...
View ArticleActor Alan Cumming blasts Jeremy Irons for his ‘ignorant’ anti-gay marriage...
Scottish actor Alan Cumming has criticised Jeremy Irons after he suggested equal marriage in Britain could lead to fathers marrying their sons in a bid to avoid inheritance tax. Irons, 64, made the...
View ArticleLiturgy for same-sex blessings published by Church of Scotland
For the first time in its 450-year history, the Church of Scotland has published a liturgy – a formal ritual – for the blessing of those in civil partnerships. The Times reports the order of service...
View ArticleHouse of Lords equal marriage rally to take place this evening
Supporters of marriage equality will rally outside the House of Lords from 5.30pm this evening, as peers debate the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill. Campaigners will gather by the statue of George V...
View ArticleNew ‘Gay Marriage No Thanks’ group launches with ‘ten good reasons’ to oppose...
A new anti-equal marriage group called ‘Gay Marriage No Thanks’, which has former Christian Peoples Alliance leader Alan Craig as its spokesman, has taken out an advert in The Times – a newspaper which...
View ArticleLib Dems’ Baroness Williams tables ‘opposite sex marriage’ amendment to equal...
Liberal Democrat peer Baroness Williams has tabled a new amendment urging for a legal separation between same-sex marriages and opposite sex marriages. It states: “marriage between same-sex couples may...
View ArticleUtah Governor denies that marriage inequality discriminates against same-sex...
Utah Governor, Gary Herbert has responded to a law suit challenging the state’s ban on same-sex marriage claiming that the current legal situation does not discriminate against same-sex couples. The...
View ArticleUS: Women’s basketball star protests against same-sex marriage
A Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) player has spoke out against an LGBT anti-discrimination bill in San Antonio, saying she does not support same-sex marriages. Sophia Young, who is a...
View ArticleJudge refuses to perform same-sex weddings because she doesn’t want to offend...
A Republican “Bible-believing” Texas judge has been refusing to perform same-sex weddings, and she has gotten away with a public warning. McLennan County justice of the peace Dianne Hensley told the...
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