by Alex Greenwich | Feb 8, 2011 | News, World news
It’s too early to know whether the Maryland General Assembly will pass a bill in coming weeks to allow same-sex couples to marry. But this much is clear: There isn’t much interest among lawmakers in compromising by allowing civil unions. In a handful of...
by Alex Greenwich | Feb 4, 2011 | News, World news
Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, the twice-elected prime minister of Spain, has lauded gay marriage as a great achievement. When asked in a television interview for examples of the best and worst of being prime minister, the 50-year-old Zapatero gave gay marriage as an...
by Alex Greenwich | Feb 4, 2011 | News, World news
A passionate plea to lawmakers to reject a resolution that would prohibit same-sex marriage is turning one University of Iowa teenager into an Internet sensation. Zach Wahls was raised by two women and passionately told his story before lawmakers during a public...
by Alex Greenwich | Feb 2, 2011 | News, World news
Barbara Bush, the daughter of former President George W. Bush, has joined her mother and a growing number of former administration officials in publicly expressing support for same-sex marriage. Bush, who has never commented publicly on the issue, appears in a new...
by Alex Greenwich | Jan 29, 2011 | News, World news
The Constitutional Court in France has rejected a lesbian couple’s bid to overturn the French ban on same-sex marriage. Judges ruled that marriage was legal only between a man and a woman. A French female teacher and pediatrician – who have lived together...
by Alex Greenwich | Jan 24, 2011 | News, World news
When Da Wen said “I do” to Xiao Qiang at their wedding in a Beijing restaurant on Saturday it was a union aimed not only at the joining of two people in love but also a bid to strengthen the fight against AIDS. The two men, knowing that gay marriage is not...
