by Alex Greenwich | Oct 15, 2011 | Overseas commentary, World news
New York: When Freedom to Marry’s Evan Wolfson weds his partner Cheng He on Saturday, it will cap a long effort to win the right. When I opened the invitation my breath caught. “Cheng He and Evan Wolfson invite you to join us in celebrating our exercise of the freedom...
by John | Oct 5, 2011 | News, World news
Today Marriage Equality launches its Just Love? campaign with a ground-breaking report, Missing Pieces, which reveals 169 legal differences between civil marriage and civil partnership. Described as “an abdication of legislative responsibility”, the report rebuts...
by John | Oct 4, 2011 | News, World news
President Obama was urged this week to come out for gay marriage in his address to the Human Rights Campaign. He didn’t do so last night – not explicitly. But did he imply it? Toward the speech’s end, he cited New York’s marriage law as a...
by John | Oct 3, 2011 | News, World news
Press release – Act Up-Paris – The 3rd of October 2011 Campaign for the legalization of same-sex marriage in France Act Up-Paris, organization fighting against AIDS and discrimination is launching a major campaign for the right to marriage for same-sex...
by John | Oct 1, 2011 | News, World news
The Pentagon will permit military chaplains to perform same-sex marriage in states that legally recognize gay marriage, it said Friday. Defense Department guidance issued to military chaplains said they may participate in ceremonies on or off military bases in states...
by John | Sep 30, 2011 | News, World news
Five religious groups are joining together to call for same-sex marriage to be allowed in Scotland. The Unitarians, Quakers, Metropolitan Community Church, Pagan Federation and Liberal Judaism are backing members of the Scottish Youth Parliament in their campaign on...
