France joins queue for same-sex marriage

Plans to introduce gay marriage and adoption rights have been approved by France’s government, while a court ruling in Spain upheld the legalisation of same-sex marriage there. France’s Socialist president, Francois Hollande, had made same-sex marriage and...

US states approve gay marriage initiatives

Voters in a number of US states have moved to legalise gay marriage in ballots coinciding with the presidential election. Television networks forecasted the approval of gay marriage laws in Maryland state, while Maine and Washington look set to pass similar...