by John | Nov 8, 2012 | News, World news
Plans to introduce gay marriage and adoption rights have been approved by France’s government, while a court ruling in Spain upheld the legalisation of same-sex marriage there. France’s Socialist president, Francois Hollande, had made same-sex marriage and...
by John | Jun 28, 2012 | News, World news
A law giving gay and lesbian couples the right to marry in Spain celebrates its seventh anniversary this week. Socialists made good on their promise to legalize such unions with a final vote on June 30, 2005. The law took effect on Sunday, July 3, 2005, making Spain...
by John | Jun 12, 2012 | News, World news
Uruguayan lawmakers say it’s a ‘paradox’ to ban same-sex marriages at home but recognize them if conducted abroad. An Uruguayan judge has legally recognized a gay marriage conducted overseas. The ruling grants the binational Spanish and Uruguayan...
by John | Jan 21, 2012 | Australian news, News
THE first openly gay state MP, Ian Hunter, will marry his long-term partner, Leith Semmens, in Spain at the end of the year. It is believed Mr Hunter will be the first sitting gay politician of any Australian parliament to be married, although the ACT’s Andrew...
by Alex Greenwich | Apr 2, 2011 | News, World news
Singer Ricky Martin wants to marry his boyfriend Carlos Gonzalez and the couple is considering marrying in Spain. During an appearance Monday on Spain’s El Progama de Ana Rosa, journalist Miguel Angel Nicolas said the couple was considering marrying in Spain. He...
