by John | Feb 15, 2012 | News, World news
NEW YORK, Feb 14 (Reuters) – Lucky couples have been married each year on Valentine Day’s on the top of the Empire State Building for nearly two decades but this year for the first time two same sex couples said “I do” at the iconic New York...
by John | Feb 8, 2012 | News, World news
WASHINGTON—The American Psychological Association praised today’s U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling upholding a U.S. District Court’s 2010 decision overturning Proposition 8. APA had filed a brief in the case (Perry vs. Brown) providing the scientific research...
by John | Feb 8, 2012 | News, World news
LOS ANGELES – A federal appeals court panel ruled on Tuesday that a voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage in California violated the Constitution, all but ensuring that the case will proceed to the United States Supreme Court. The three-judge panel issued its ruling...
by John | Feb 8, 2012 | News, World news
ConservativeHome editor tells party that changing the law would strengthen a valuable institution A prominent Conservative has broken ranks with his allies on the “religious right” by declaring his support for the Government’s controversial plans to...
by John | Feb 3, 2012 | News, World news
THE Church of England is facing a rebellion from its clergy over a ban on civil partnership ceremonies in its 16,000 churches. Nearly 100 clergy in the London diocese, one of the most traditionalist in the country, have signed a letter demanding the same rights for...
by John | Feb 2, 2012 | News, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions, World news
Australian marriage equality advocates have hailed a key vote in favour of reform in the US state of Washington. (Report here) Washington is set to become the eighth place in the United State to allow same-sex marriages after the state Upper House today passed a...