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15 December 2005Gay couple claim to have lost £6000 in benefits since Civil Partnerships introduced 57 A gay couple from Kent claim that the introduction of the Civil Partnerships Act has meant a reduction in their level of state benefits of over £6000 per year.Andrew Brettell, 63 and his 44-year-old partner have cohabited for 18 years and have held a joint mortgage since 1989.Mr Brettell claims that ill health has meant he receives a pension credit. -
15 December 2005Latvian Parliament amend constitution to ban gay marriage + MPs in Latvia have passed an amendment to their constitution barring gay marriages from taking place.65 MPs voted in favour of the change, six voted against the change whilst nine abstained from voting.Gay marriages have been illegal under civil law in Latvia since 1993 but the constitutional amendment ensures that any future recognition of gay relationships will be hard. -
15 December 2005South African traditionalists warn that gay couples will be pariahs + Traditional leaders have warned that gay couples risk being treated as pariahs in rural communities in South Africa following last week's Constitutional Court ruling endorsing same-sex marriages.Members of the National House of Traditional Leaders unanimously agreed during a three-day conference in Hazyview, Mpumalanga, that the endorsement disappointed them. -
15 December 2005Sir Elton and David Furnish face £10,000 policing bill for wedding + Sir Elton John and his partner David Furnish face a £10,000 bill to cover the policing of their gay wedding next week.The pop star and his film producer boyfriend David Furnish have been in a relationship for tweleve years and are planning a relatively low-key ceremony at Windsor Guildhall. -
15 December 2005Lesbian appointed Conservative vice-chairman 2 Conservative leader David Cameron has appointed his party's first openly lesbian candidate his new vice-chairman.Margot James, a Chelsea based millionaire businesswoman became the first openly lesbian woman to stand as a Conservative candidate when she contested the safe Labour seat of Holborn and St Pancreas at the last general electionMiss James is in a long-term relationship with girlfriend, Jay Hunt, 38, host of the BBC makeover programme Would Like To Meet.
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Humanist weddings amendment withdrawn from equal marriage bill8
Russia: LGBT rights group fined 500,000 rubles under ‘foreign agent’ law1
Amendments urging for civil registrars to opt out of equal marriage ceremonies withdrawn from bill9
Gay fashioner designer Stefano Gabbana sentenced for tax evasion14
US: Third Republican Senator comes out in favour of equal marriage2
South Africa: Gay imam spreads message of empowerment when it comes to homosexuality and Islam7
South Australia officially congratulates New Zealand on equal marriage, ahead of introduction of its own bill1
Watch LIVE: House of Lords debates same-sex marriage amendments+
Deputy Speaker Nigel Evans: ‘I continue to refute all allegations’+
Maltese Prime Minister: A civil unions bill is to be introduced by the end of this year2
Liberace's ex-lover claims he had six year relationship with Michael Jackson18- Live blog: Highlights from the House of Lords committee on same-sex marriage22
Brazil: Lawmakers approve bill which would remove ban on 'gay cure' therapy 25
Tory MP John Glen criticises Bishop of Salisbury for voicing support for equal marriage31
Michelle Shocked to return to San Francisco during Pride Week, to clarify her feelings following anti-gay rant17
Gay dating website for 'homosensible' Catholic priests being run out of the Vatican19
Poland: Prime Minister backs down and admits opposition to civil unions is too strong26
Gay 'cure' therapy NHS ban motion gains cross-party support4- Gay fashioner designer Stefano Gabbana sentenced for tax evasion14
- Amendments urging for civil registrars to opt out of equal marriage ceremonies withdrawn from bill9
New 'Gay Marriage No Thanks' group launches with 'ten good reasons' to oppose equal marriage86
Barry Cryer brands ITV's Vicious 'homophobic' television85
Lord Tebbit: I wouldn't have been surprised if Jimmy Savile was homosexual84
Archbishop of York: Would the Church of England rather bless 'sheep and trees' than gay couples?84
Lib Dems' Baroness Williams to support anti-equal marriage 'union' amendment70
Mixed martial arts fighter: 'Equal marriage could lead to incest, bestiality and child marriages'69
Maria Miller tables Public Order Act amendment protecting critics of equal marriage67
Labour MSP Elaine Smith: 'I'm against equal marriage but don't call me homophobic'64
Tory Lord Mawhinney tables 'traditional marriage' amendment for equal marriage bill62
Lord Hylton tables new wrecking amendment for the equal marriage bill62
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