by Jen | Jul 19, 2013 | News, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions, World news
House of Commons Speaker John Bercow told politicians that the royal assent had been given Wednesday – the day after the bill to legalise same-sex marriage in England and Wales cleared Parliament. The queen’s approval was a formality. It clears the way for...
by Jen | Jul 16, 2013 | News, Overseas commentary, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions, World news
The Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill has passed the final reading in the House of Lords, and after some clearing up in the House of Commons, will go to Queen Elizabeth II to be signed into law. History is made as marriage equality has passed the final vote for England...
by Alex Greenwich | Jul 16, 2013 | AME media releases, News, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions, World news
According to Australian marriage equality advocates, the House of Lords support for marriage equality leaves Australian politicians with no excuses for not supporting the reform. Overnight, the House of Lords voted in favour of UK government legislation allowing...
by Jen | Jul 4, 2013 | News, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions, World news
‘Doctor Who’ star John Barrowman has married his partner of 20 years, Scott Gill. The actor announced the news on photo and video-sharing site WhoSay and thanked the Supreme Court for making marriage legal in California. John Barrowman and his partner...
by Jen | Jun 30, 2013 | News, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions, World news
Pursuant to the Ninth Circuit’s dissolution of its stay on Judge Vaughn Walker’s ruling on the unconstitutionality of Proposition 8 and the authorisation of the State of California to solemnise same-sex marriages immediately, the Rt. Rev. Marc Handley Andrus,...
by Jen | Jun 29, 2013 | News, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions, World news
California Attorney General Kamala Harris officiates the wedding ceremony of Kristin Perry and Sandy Stiler, plaintiffs in the Prop 8 case, at San Francisco City Hall. The two couples who challenged the law that had barred same-sex marriage in California were married...
