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• Amendment to allow civil registrars to opt-out of same-sex marriages defeated by MPs

  
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  An amendment to the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill tabled by Conservative MP David Burrowes, urging for registrars to be allowed to opt out of performing marriages for gay couples, has been defeated in the House of Commons. MPs voted 340 to 150 to reject the amendment. Mr Burrowes’ amendment stated: “Any duty ...
  5 days ago

• France Officially Enacts Marriage Equality!

  
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  France officially enacted marriage equality this weekend when Socialist President Francois Hollande  signed the measure passed by the French legislature last month into law on Saturday, one day after the nations highest court ruled that the measure was indeed constitutional. France became the 14th country in the ...
  5 days ago

• Brazil Appears To Have Legalized Marriage Equality Nationwide

  
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  It appears as if a court decision in Brazil may have legalized marriage equality nationwide. The New York Times reports : RIO DE JANEIRO — The council overseeing  Brazil ’s judiciary ruled on Tuesday that notary publics cannot refuse to perform  same-sex marriage  ceremonies, a decision that opens the ...
  1 week ago

• Minnesota House Passes Marriage Equality Bill 75-59!

  
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  As expected , the Minnesota House of Representatives approved a marriage equality bill 75-59 , less than 6 months after Minnesota voters narrowly rejected an anti-gay marriage constitutional amendment which would have disempowered the legislature from enacting such legislation. According to Freedom To Marry, the ...
  2 weeks ago

• 1st Anniversary of Obama Marriage Equality Announcement

  
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  I missed the live announcement because I was in the air flying from Los Angeles to Madrid , but one year ago today President Barack Obama made history when he became the first sitting United States president to endorse marriage equality . Hat/tip to Joe.My.God
  2 weeks ago

• WATCH: History Of Marriage Equality Laws In United States

  
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  With Delawares dramatic movement yesterday to become the 11th state to enact marriage equality since 2003  (and the second state this year   after Rhode Island ) its a good time to look back at how far the issue of marriage equality has come in the last four decades. The cool graphic created by The Atlantic ...
  2 weeks ago

• Delaware Becomes 11th State To Enact Marriage Equality!

  
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  Today is a pretty historic day in Delaware ! The marriage equality bill HB 75 passed the state senate 12-9, with the two last undecided senators , Bethany Hall-Long  (D) and Catherine Cloutier (R)  both voting in favor of expanding the right to marry to same-sex couples. Governor Jack Markell  (D) signed the ...
  2 weeks ago

• Poll: 68% approve of equal marriage in the Faroe Islands

  
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  A survey has found that, out of the population of the Faroe Islands, more than two thirds support legalising civil marriage for gay couples. Out of the population of the 50,000 Faroese citizens, 68% said they favoured civil marriage for same-sex couples, meaning in town or city halls, but not in churches or religious ...
  2 weeks ago

• The ‘M’ Word…thoughts on marriage

  
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  The way relationships are developing is drastically changing.  It seems the norm is to move in together skip marriage and go straight to having children, the concept of ‘bastard’ no longer being a taboo or even recognised being in modern society. I find it strange that people are prepared to create a permanent ...
  2 weeks ago

• Delaware Marriage Equality Vote Tue May 7;; Result In Doubt

  
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  The latest whip count on HB75 in the Delaware State Senate from Delaware Liberal has the marriage equality bills fate still very much in doubt , with 10 (Democratic) Senators labeled as YES votes and 9 Senators (7 Republicans and 2 Democrats) labeled as No votes on HB 75 . There are two undecided (or publicly ...
  3 weeks ago

• POLL: 49% Of Oregon Voters Would Repeal Marriage Equality Ban

  
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  A recent poll of 500 Oregon voters asked the question "Do you favor or oppose changing the Oregon constitution to allow same-sex marriage in the state?" and 49% of voters say they Favor doing so and 42% say they Oppose doing it . The margin of error is somewhere between ±2.6% and ±4.4%. This is seen as ...
  3 weeks ago

• Gov. Chafee (I-RI) Explains Why His State Is Enacting Marriage Equality Today

  
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  Lincoln Chafee is a former Republican United States Senator (from 1999 to 2007) and the current Independent Governor of Rhode Island Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee  has written an op-ed in todays New York Times  explaining why he is going to be signing marriage equality into law today : ON ...
  3 weeks ago

• Marriage Equality In Brazil Crosses 100 Million Threshold

  
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  Progress for marriage equality in Brazil is increasing rapidly, as word comes that the tally is now 13 of 26 states (and the federal district) allow same-sex couples to marry legally , instead of going through an annoying two-step process of getting a civil union and then having a local judge rule that the civil ...
  3 weeks ago

• GRAPHIC: Current Map Of Marriage Equality

  
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  USA Today   published an update on the current state of marriage equality and published the above graphic so that readers could visualize the changes. Hat/tip to Joe.My.God
  4 weeks ago

• ALERT: Delaware Marriage Vote Down To One Senator

  
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  Joe.My.God  sounds the alarm that the pending vote next week in the Delaware Senate on marriage equality appears to be very close . In fact according to analysis by the Delaware Liberal blog ,  it may come down to the vote of one single State Senator: Brian Bushweller (D-Dover) . Democrats have a 13-8 ...
  4 weeks ago

• Rhode Island Senate Passes Marriage Equality 26-12!

  
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  Excellent news ! The Rhode Island Senate has just passed a marriage equality bill by a vote of 26-12 , ensuring that the Ocean State will become the 10th state in the United States of America to have marriage equality . The State House had passed the measure 51-19 way back in January , and will have to reconcile ...
  4 weeks ago

• Rio de Janeiro Enacts Marriage Equality

  
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  Followers of this blog know that I love lots of things from Brazil (such as handsome , muscular, scantily clad Brazilian male models ) and am following marriage equality developments around the world closely as well. These two interests combine with the news that the state of Rio de Janeiro (which contains the ...
  4 weeks ago

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