Washington, D.C. officials project that the new bill legalizing same-sex marriage will go into effect on March 2, although couples who apply for a license will have to wait three full business days to marry because of a mandatory waiting period.
Mayor Adrian Fenty signed the bill passed by the D.C. Council last month, but it […]
A San Francisco judge will hear arguments Wednesday morning for and against televising a suit that challenges California’s Proposition 8.
Attorneys for the two gay couples who filed the suit have supported a televised trial, writing to the court that access to the watershed case is of vital public interest: “[T]here are hundreds of thousands of […]
Rock legend Bruce Springsteen is trying to rock the gay marriage vote in New Jersey.
Springsteen urged support of the gay marriage bill that’s up for a vote in New Jersey’s Senate on Thursday through a posted message on his Web site.
Democrats concede the measure may fall short of the 21 votes needed to pass the Senate.
A […]
New Jersey’s Senate Judiciary Committee voted 7 to 6 Monday to pass The Freedom of Religion and Equality in Civil Marriage bill.
The bill, which was widely expected to pass, will now move to the full Senate for a vote as early as Thursday. There, it is unclear what will happen.
Democrats hold a 23-17 majority, but […]
Prominent New York City Orthodox rabbis oppose efforts to legalize same-sex marriage in New York State, and they feel “smeared” by the impression that they are willing to accept such unions, says the editor of an Orthodox publication.
Dovid G. Schwartz, editor of Zeh Journal, issued a press release saying the rabbis support “measures to distance […]
Today the New York state senate will meet in a special session, where they could vote on the marriage equality bill. Last week, Governor David Paterson called for the extraordinary legislative session and put the bill on the senate’s agenda.
Several state senators and other elected officials have joined countless community members and residents in calling […]
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 […]
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