by Carol Burger | May 15, 2013 | AME media releases, World news
.Marriage equality advocates have welcomed a Brazilian court ruling opening the way for same-sex marriages across that country. Australian Marriage Equality national convener, Rodney Croome, said, “Marriage equality in Brazil is an important step forward because...
by Alex Greenwich | May 14, 2013 | News, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions, World news
In a vote of 37-30, the state Senate approved a marriage equality bill. The Governor is expected to sign the legislation on Tuesday. Following several hours of often emotional testimony, the Minnesota State Senate voted in favor of marriage equality Monday. The final...
by Carol Burger | May 9, 2013 | Australian commentary, World news
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Just six months after Minnesota voters turned back an effort to ban gay weddings, lawmakers are poised to make the state the first in the Midwest to pass a law allowing them. The startling shift comes amid a rapid evolution of public opinion...
by Alex Greenwich | May 8, 2013 | News, Overseas commentary, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions, World news
Hours after the Delaware Senate passed marriage-equality legislation, the state’s Governor, Jack Markell, will sign the bill into law, according to Human Rights Campaign. That will make Delaware the 11th state, plus Washington, D.C., to legalise gay marriage....
by Jen | May 3, 2013 | News, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions, World news
Rhode Island lawmakers gave final approval to a bill to legalize gay marriage on Thursday, making it the 10th U.S. state to extend marriage rights to same-sex couples and the last of the six New England states to do so. Governor Lincoln Chafee, an independent, signed...
by Alex Greenwich | May 3, 2013 | News, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions, World news
Justices in the Brazilian states of Rondônia, Paraíba and Santa Catarina have ruled to authorise marriage equality for same-sex couples, bringing the total to 14 of the country’s 27 states to legalise same-sex marriage. The ruling by the Corregedor Geral de Justiça...
