Russia Today
| Apr 23, 2013
Paris protesters clashed with riot police after the French parliament passed a historic, controversial law allowing same-sex couples to marry and to adopt children. Applause erupted in the National Assembly when the bill passed 331 to 225, but pro...
Inthehouse.co.nz
| Apr 17, 2013
When New Zealand's parliament approved a bill to introduce marriage equality, MPs and spectators in the public gallery celebrated in an unexpected way: by breaking into a Maori love song. Produced by Tandem Studios.
Euronews
| Apr 11, 2013
Lawmakers in Uruguay have bucked the opposition of the Catholic church and approved gay marriage by a heavy margin. The country is the third in the Americas -- after Canada and Argentina -- to legalize same-sex marriage and the 12th worldwide.
Al Jazeera English
| Apr 4, 2013
Moves to legalize same-sex marriage in France have drawn a furious response from Catholic hardliners and other groups. The law has passed the National Assembly and is now before the Senate, but opponents are demanding it be put to a referendum.
Democracy Now!
| Mar 27, 2013
For the second day in a row, the US Supreme Court is confronting the issue of same-sex marriage, hearing arguments today on the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act, or DOMA, that denies federal benefits to legally married same-sex co...
Associated Press
| Mar 26, 2013
The US Supreme Court hears arguments today on California's voter-passed ban on same-sex marriage. Kris Perry and Sandy Stier, and Paul Katami and Jeff Zarrillo, who filed a federal lawsuit to overturn the ban, spoke today of the hope and faith the...
Russia Today
| Mar 13, 2013
Two activists from the popping-up-everywhere Ukrainian feminist group Femen were dragged away from the edge of Saint Peter's Square by police late today as they protested topless against the Vatican's sexism and its opposition to gay marriage. The...
ITN News
| Mar 6, 2013
Mickey and Minnie were on hand as two young women tied the knot in the first same-sex marriage ceremony ever to take place at Tokyo Disneyland. The marriage has no legal standing in Japan, but the happy couple say they hope the publicity will help...
France 24
| Feb 11, 2013
French MP Elie Aboud shocked and infuriated some of his collegues when he raised the issue of the "black triangle," signaling "danger," he insisted, during the legislative debate on gay marriage. The Nazis forced gays to wear pink triangles, and t...
Telegraph.co.uk
| Feb 5, 2013
After a divisive debate, the British House of Commons voted heavily in favor of legalizing gay marriage. But Prime Minister David Cameron's authority within his own party took a blow as his Conservatives split in two over a measure he had championed.
— Nov 11, 2012 at 03:28 am
...lead President Aquino to push his allies in Congress to enact a law legalizing same-sex marriage. It just won’t happen. This is not to say that ...
Same-sex marriage is marriage between two persons of the same biological sex and/or gender identity. Legal recognition of same-sex marriage is sometimes referred to as marriage equality or equal marriage, particularly by supporters.
The first laws in modern times recognizing same-sex marriage were enacted during the first decade of the 21st century. As of April 2013, eleven countries and several sub-national jurisdictions, allow same-sex couples to marry. In New Zealand, a law to legalize same-sex marriage has been enacted and will become law in August 2013. Uruguay's General Assembly passed a bill on 10 April 2013 to extend marriage rights to same-sex couples and the president has announced his intention to sign it. French legislation to establish same-sex marriage has passed both houses of Parliament, but still faces procedural hurdles. Bills allowing legal recognition of same-sex marriage have been proposed, are pending, or have passed at least one legislative house in Andorra, Colombia, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, Nepal, Taiwan, and the United Kingdom, as well as in the legislatures of several sub-national jurisdictions.
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