Gay News: marriage

Plans for humanist weddings and pension rights for those in same-sex marriages will feature in this afternoon's House of Lords debate of the marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill. (...)

South Australian Labor MP, Susan Close, will introduce a Bill into the State's lower house to allow for state-based same-sex marriage. An amended version of the marriage Equality Bill currently before State Parliament's upper(...)

South Australia's upper house passed a motion on Wednesday congratulating New Zealand on its marriage equality laws.The motion, introduced by Labor MP Gerry Kandelaars, passed by one vote (11-10) thanks to additional support(...)

A 16 nation survey on same-sex marriage, same-sex relationships, legal rights and recognition, has revealed that support for marriage equality in Australia lags behind leading nations such as Sweden, Norway and Spain.Market(...)

We in Australia pride ourselves on a fair go, but the current inequality in our law means that same-sex couples are forced to travel oversees in order to marry, says South Australian Labor Parliamentarian, Hon Gerry Kandelaars(...)

As a nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court in 2009, Sonia Sotomayor was grilled about her opinions on marriage for same-sex couples. Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee wanted to know how she might rule whenas everyone(...)

Armie Hammer, whose stock has been rising since he scene-stealing performance in The Social Network , will next be seen in the upcoming film adaptation of The Lone Ranger . Hammer sat down with Playboy to play 20 questions. The(...)

USA Today reports that Mississippi stands to be caught in the crossfire of what could be one of the most high-profile cases since Brown v. Board of Education, the landmark 1954 Supreme Court ruling...(...)

The Greens private bill to amend the marriage Act to allow same sex marriages entered into in foreign countries to be recognised by Australian law, has failed to pass in the Senate. The bill was defeated on Thursday, with(...)

With the Supreme Court expected to rule as early as tomorrow morning, we take a look at how they might decide.When the U.S. Supreme Court struck down bans on interracial marriage in Loving v. Virginia in 1967, reality changed(...)