by Jen | May 26, 2013 | News, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions, World news
An 18-year-old Nevada’s testimony is going viral a day after the US state voted in favor of equal marriage. A Nevada teen has given a heartbreaking testimony on why his two mothers deserve equality in the eyes of the law. Riley Roberts, 18, sat in front of the...
by Carol Burger | May 23, 2013 | Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions, World news
UK Prime Minister has attempted to heal the rift in the Conservative party by saying marriage equality opponents are not ‘bigoted’ UK Prime Minister David Cameron has said the equal marriage bill in England and Wales will help gay teens ‘stand that bill...
by Jen | May 15, 2013 | News, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions, World news
A TOP judicial panel has cleared the way for same-sex marriage in Brazil, ruling that gay couples cannot be denied marriage licenses. The National Council of Justice, which oversees the Brazilian judicial system and is headed by the chief justice of the Supreme Court,...
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 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 6, 2013 | News, Overseas commentary, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions
On one side of the great divide, the past few days have been revolutionary. France became the 14th country in the world to legalize same-sex marriage, eight years after Canada did. Rhode Island became the 10th U.S. state to do so, in a fast-changing America where six...
