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A Pennsylvania State Senate committee is expected to vote tomorrow (March 16, 2010) on a proposed constitutional amendment banning the freedom to marry.
Read MoreOn March 23rd, the Italian Constitutional Court will decide whether several articles of the Civil Code (art. 93, 96, 98, 107, 108, 143, 143-bis, and 156-bis) restricting civil marriage to “husband and wife” rather than “spouses” discriminate against same-sex couples, and infringe upon the principles of equality and non-discrimination protected by the Constitution.
Read MoreAccording to Iowa Family Policy Center President, Chuck Hurley, homosexual activity is “more dangerous for individuals who engage in it than is smoking,” and because of this, state lawmakers need to pass a constitutional amendment overturning last year’s Iowa Supreme Court decision which supports same-sex couples entering into committed, government sanctioned marriages.
Read MoreThe mayor was there. So were the protesters. Judith Vazquez wore an ivory wedding dress. So did her bride. Vazquez and Lol Kin Castaneda on Thursday became the first same-sex couple to marry in Mexico under a new law that allows gay couples to wed and to adopt children.
Read MoreStephen F. Lynch is a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Massachusetts's 9th congressional district since 2001. In the 2001 special election that sent US Representative Stephen F. Lynch to Washington, the South Boston politician was accused of being hostile to gay rights. A decade later, the low-key lawmaker is winning praise from freedom to marry advocates in the nation’s capital.
Read MoreFollowing the passage of the freedom to marry in Washington D.C., Keith Spangler-Vellios and Andreas Vellios decided to get hitched at a Ben & Jerry's ice cream shop in the Georgetown section of the city. The well-known ice cream company has shown consistent support for marriage equality.
Read MoreNearly two thirds of Danes support a call to allow gay and lesbian couples to be married by the Church, a poll showed Wednesday. Denmark was the world's first country to allow civil unions for same-sex couples in 1989, but its parliament is now split over a move to amend the law to allow religious weddings too.
Read MoreHundreds of couples applied for marriage licenses in Washington during the first week they were available to same-sex couples.
Read MoreCynthia Nixon has joined the fight to oust senators who voted against a freedom to marry bill in New York. The openly lesbian Nixon stars in a new video for Fight Back NY, the political action committee that is targeting anti-gay senators.
Read MoreIn response to an outpouring of opposition from the local Catholic Conference, as well as a big push from the National Organization for Marriage (NOM), Equality Maryland launched an ad last week with 100 signatures from clergy throughout the Free State who support marriage equality.
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