by John | Mar 10, 2013 | News, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions, World news
Former President Bill Clinton, who signed the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996 barring federal recognition of same-sex weddings, called on the Supreme Court on Thursday to overturn the law. Just weeks before the court takes up a case challenging the law, Mr. Clinton...
by John | Mar 5, 2013 | News, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions, World news
SPAIN: Spain’s interior minister has faced calls to resign after declaring that “the survival of the species” was at stake when he waded into the debate over same-sex marriages. Jorge Fernandez Diaz, the interior minister in Spain’s...
by John | Mar 2, 2013 | News, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions, World news
Mar. 1, 2013 — There is no valid scientific basis for denying same-sex couples the right to legal marriage, or to deprive them of considerable benefits of the institution, according to legal briefs filed with the U.S. Supreme Court by the American Psychological...
by John | Mar 2, 2013 | News, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions, World news
WASHINGTON: Barack Obama’s administration has urged the US Supreme Court to reinstate same-sex marriage in California, taking a stand in a historic case that could lead to weddings of gay couples across the US. The filing adds a potentially powerful voice to the...
by John | Mar 1, 2013 | News, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions, Uncategorized, World news
WASHINGTON: The Obama administration is asking the Supreme Court to overturn California’s ban on gay marriage and take a sceptical view of similar bans elsewhere, wading into a case that could have broad implications for the right of same-sex couples to wed. The...
by John | Mar 1, 2013 | News, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions, World news
As New Zealand moves a step closer to legalising gay marriage, a Samoan church minister in Auckland has said most Pacific Island-New Zealanders are strongly opposed to its legalisation. Word of Life Church minister, Reverend Tavale Mataia, told Radio Australia’s...
