Argentina could become the first country in Latin America to legalize gay marriage, pending the outcome of a debate now underway in the congress. The capital city of Buenos Aires was the first in the region to legalize civil unions for same-sex couples in 2002.
Activists and their congressional supporters would need to overcome the powerful […]
Playing out in the opposite corner of the continental United States is a political campaign that would look very familiar to the voters of California.
Television commercials in Maine contend that legalizing same-sex marriage would result in homosexuality being taught to schoolchildren.
The ads feature families, teachers and law professors and were produced by the Sacramento political […]
Supporters of Maine’s same-sex marriage law continued Friday to collect far more campaign contributions than their opponents in a referendum that’s being watched nationally.
NO on 1/Protect Maine Equality said in its campaign finance report to the state that it has raised $4 million in its campaign to keep Maine’s same-sex marriage law on the books. […]
New York governor David Paterson on Sunday called for state legislators to meet in a special session on November 10, during which time senators may vote on a bill to legalize same-sex marriage.
Sine the regular session ended amidst a senate power struggle in June, the prospective extraordinary session will address budget issues and unfinished business, […]
Opponents of marriage equality in New Jersey gathered at the state capital Sunday to protest the possibility that legislators may soon legalize same-sex marriage.
Many of the protestors called for voters to decide the issue, according to the Star-Ledger.
Read more on this story at the Advocate.
New York State Govenor David Paterson said Wednesday he wants to put a bill to legalize same-sex marriage to a vote during a special session within weeks.
The governor said the measure would be part of unfinished business from the regular session that ended this summer in a tumultuous coup in the Senate, later undone, after […]
Some 150 people who support same-sex marriage rallied at the Rhode Island state house in Providence on Saturday, hoping to move legislators in the only New England state that does not allow same-sex couples to marry.
The rally took place two days after Republican governor Don Carcieri (pictured) spoke against gay marriage to an antigay group […]
A California gay marriage case that backers hope will reach the U.S. Supreme Court cleared a hurdle on Wednesday in a federal court hearing where the judge repeatedly asked the lawyer defending “traditional marriage” how gay unions harm those between men and women.California, a cultural trendsetter for the United States, banned same-sex marriages in a […]
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