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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. Mayor Adrian Fenty has promised to sign the bill when it reaches his desk, which is the next stage.

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Senator succeeds in validating gay marriages before Proposition 8

New legislation penned by openly gay California senator ensures pre-Proposition 8 marriages between same-sex couples remain valid.

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Apple 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...

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Apple 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...

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Christian 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.

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Italy: Police break trans prostitution ring

Italian police say they have broken a prostitution ring which brought transgender people from Latin America into the country.

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Yorkshire 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.

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Catholic Archbishop of San Francisco: Allowing gays to marry ‘is like...

Legislating for equal marriage is like legalising male breastfeeding, according to the Catholic Archbishop of San Francisco Salvatore Cordileone.

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Wyoming 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.

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Chuck Hagel confirmed as US Defence Secretary despite past anti-gay remarks

Having faced criticism over his previous homophobic views, the US Senate has confirmed Chuck Hagel as the new US Defence Secretary.

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Actor 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.

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Liturgy 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.

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House of Lords equal marriage rally to take place this evening

Supporters of marriage equality will rally outside the House of Lords from 5.30pm.

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New ‘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.

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Lib Dems’ Baroness Williams tables ‘opposite sex marriage’ amendment to equal...

Baroness Williams has tabled a new amendment urging for a legal separation between same-sex marriages and opposite sex marriages.

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Utah 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.

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US: 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.

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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. Mayor Adrian Fenty has promised to sign the bill when it reaches his desk, which is the next stage.

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Senator succeeds in validating gay marriages before Proposition 8

New legislation penned by openly gay California senator ensures pre-Proposition 8 marriages between same-sex couples remain valid.

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Apple 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...

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