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A new ComRes survey of 159 MPs, conducted over the past month, has found overwhelming parliamentary support for the amendment to the marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill, championed by Tim Loughton MP, which would extend civil(...)

by Mike Andrew - SGN Staff Writer'What a day for Minnesota!' Gov. Mark Dayton said just moments before signing his state's new marriage equality bill on May 14. 'And what a difference a year and an election can make in our(...)

by Mike Andrew - SGN Staff WriterA majority of Arizona residents now favor marriage equality, according to a new Rocky Mountain Poll. The survey, taken last month and released May 14, sampled 700 people, including 438 registered(...)

For a state that gives a lot of lip service to individual liberty, Texas state legislators seem to go out of their way to find ways to restrict LGBT rights. The latest: a bill designed to make it harder for transgender people to(...)

by Mike Andrew - SGN Staff WriterIs same-sex marriage legal in Brazil? The short answer is 'Yes,' but the long answer is 'It's complicated.'Brazil's National Council of Justice, the body that oversees the country's judicial(...)

Openly gay Conservative MP Mike Freer has spoken out to say that he thinks other Tory MPs are trying to "derail" the equal marriage bill, and that an amendment to allow opposite-sex civil partnerships could undermine it. (...)

French President Francois Hollande, has signed into law a bill which allows equal marriage and adoption rights for same-sex couples. (...)

Following the second set of semi-finals tonight, Finland's Eurovision entrant found herself with a place in the final, following her performance of her pro-equal marriage song, which included a lesbian kiss. (...)

Defence Secretary Philip Hammond says Downing Street shouldfocus its efforts on equal marriage. (...)

A spokesman for David Cameron has rejected claims made by Defence Secretary Philip Hammond that too much parliamentary time is being spent on equal marriage. (...)