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13 February 2006Scotland holds three gay weddings a day + At least three gay weddings have taken place in Scotland every day since the Civil Partnerships Act came into force.A survey by Scotland on Sunday has revealed a big demand for the civil partnership ceremonies and registrations, with 173 taking place in the past 53 days.The paper reports that another 385 homosexual couples have booked registrations to take place over the next three months. -
13 February 2006NFL accused of homophobia + One of only three NFL players to ever publicly reveal his homosexuality says the league discriminated against him by refusing to let him into the Super Bowl earlier this month.Former New York Giants offensive lineman Roy Simmons said he wasn't granted media access to the game because he is gay and HIV positive, and because he has said other pro football players are closeted homosexuals. -
13 February 2006Homophobic killer gets reduced sentence + A Supreme Court judge has axed five years off the 40-year sentence of Sean Burke, who was convicted of beating a gay man to death with a fireplace log in 1998.Judge Raymond Norko modified Burke's sentence for good behaviour, despite opposition from family members of the victims. -
13 February 2006Airline refuse to let gay couple take travel prize + A travel group violated California's anti-discrimination laws when it refused to allow a gay couple to use tickets an employee won, the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California said in a letter urging the company to change its policies.The ACLU sent the letter on behalf of La Mirada resident Rob Anders, a long-time airline industry employee, who won round-trip domestic airfare on Northwest Airlines for him and a companion at his company holiday party last December. -
13 February 2006UAE jails 12 men for homosexuality 2 The USA has condemned the United Arab Emirates after twelve men were jailed for participating in a gay wedding.Officials in the country discovered 26 men preparing for a same sex ceremony, eleven of them confessed whilst 14 were acquitted.An official said: "A United Arab Emirates court has jailed 12 men who were arrested after being discovered preparing for a gay wedding, but acquitted another 14 defendants. -
13 February 2006Princess Diana’s home opened for gay weddings + Earl Spencer, the brother of the late Diana, Princess of Wales has been accused of cashing in on his late sister's memory by opening up her ancestral home for gay weddings.Althrop House, where the late wife of Prince Charles was brought up, can be rented out for £50,000 as a luxury wedding venue for gay and straight couples. -
13 February 2006“Neighbours from hell” evicted after homophobic and anti-disabled abuse 2 A family described by the police as as a "neighbours from hell" have been evicted from their Cheltenham home after they taunted abuse at gay people and attacked a disabled man.The single mother and her three daughters shouted abuse at visitors to the gay EXS nightclub on Cheltenham High Street from their home nearby. -
13 February 2006Gay sex to be described in school textbooks 3 Parents are outraged at a school guidebook which contains a chapter describing graphic details of gay sex.The Daily Mail reports that a school pamphlet teaching children to 'talk dirty' and use cling film to avoid sexually transmitted diseases, is being used to provide sex education to students from 14 years old.
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Top stories
Peter Tatchell: ‘MPs should vote for heterosexual civil partnerships’+
David Burrowes: I oppose all ‘dilutions’ of marriage+
Yvette Cooper: ‘David Cameron must show confidence and not allow the equal marriage bill to get sucked into Tory wrangling’+
Live blog: MPs debate and vote on same-sex marriage and opposite sex civil partnerships1
Downing Street will decide on equal marriage bill after vote on straight civil partnership amendment14
Nick Clegg: ‘I will make sure the same-sex marriage bill doesn’t get hijacked by those with ulterior motives’14
Francis Maude: How my late gay brother’s legacy shaped my equal marriage support+
Lib Dem MP Stephen Gilbert: ‘Equal marriage is now a litmus test for David Cameron’5
Church of Scotland set to debate ordination of gay clergy2
Gay Tory MP Crispin Blunt: ‘David Cameron is going through a fire with his colleagues in order to deliver equal marriage’3
London: Gay couple threatened with death in violent late night homophobic assault101
Daniel Radcliffe: When filming Kill Your Darlings, I was given 'step-by-step' gay sex scene instructions21- Downing Street will decide on equal marriage bill after vote on straight civil partnership amendment14
Government considers watered down same-sex marriage bill to minimise Tory rebellion133
Maria Miller: Civil partnership amendment could delay same-sex marriage bill by two years23
Lynne Featherstone: I support opposite-sex civil partnerships but the amendment may be a 'cynical trap'14
Ricky Martin: I wish I could come out as gay again, 'it's just beautiful'18- Nick Clegg: 'I will make sure the same-sex marriage bill doesn't get hijacked by those with ulterior motives'14
- Lib Dem MP Stephen Gilbert: 'Equal marriage is now a litmus test for David Cameron'5
EastEnders' actor David Witts: People think I'm gay because I'm nicer than the character I play10
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Government considers watered down same-sex marriage bill to minimise Tory rebellion133
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London: Gay couple threatened with death in violent late night homophobic assault101
Tory MP Nadine Dorries: 'The gay marriage bill is taking the sex out of marriage'89
Philip Hammond: 'No great demand for gay marriage and it's upsetting vast numbers of people'69
Government to consider abolishing civil partnerships or opening up to straight couples68
Bret Easton Ellis slams GLAAD and says gay basketball player Jason Collins treated like a 'baby panda'65
US Radio host: Gay news websites are covered with porn that is turning teens gay62
Lib Dem MP Sarah Teather tells Catholic newspaper 'I never went into politics to tackle equal marriage'59
Tory MP David Burrowes: 'I'm not anti-gay; I'm just pro-marriage'57-
Tory MP David Burrowes: I only want a referendum on same-sex marriage so I can defeat the government's bill54
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