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30 April 2012Live Q&A with London mayoral candidate Brian Paddick + Join us for a live Q&A with London mayoral candidate for the Liberal Democrats Brian Paddick. -
30 April 2012David Furnish calls marriage equality the ‘next great civil rights battle’ 51 David Furnish has described the fight for marriage equality for gay couples as the 'next great battle' for civil rights. -
30 April 2012Brian Paddick live blogs on crime, schools, marriage, Iran, transport and the gay blood ban (transcript) 17 Liberal Democrat candidate Brian Paddick became the latest of the London Mayoral candidates to spend an hour chatting to PinkNews.co.uk readers. -
30 April 2012Scottish Catholic Education Service says equal marriage would ‘undermine teachers’ 85 The Scottish Catholic Education Service has said the introduction of marriage equality would stop state-funded Catholic schools teaching children the faith's views that marriage can only be between a man and a woman. -
30 April 2012UKIP candidate Dr Gasper: PinkNews readers ‘should be sectioned under Mental Health Act’ 257 Outspoken UKIP city council candidate Dr Julia Gasper has said today that PinkNews.co.uk readers have made 'anonymous death threats and hysterical accusations of being a murderer' against her, and that most should be involuntarily committed for psychiatric treatment. -
30 April 2012Filipino beauty queen apologises for calling homosexuality ‘a lie from the devil’ 74 Filipino actress and former beauty queen Miriam Quiambao has apologised for calling homosexuality a 'lie from the Devil'. -
30 April 2012Coalition for Equal Marriage campaign film reaches 500,000 views 27 A short film released to support equal access to marriage for gay people has amassed over half a million views in less than a week. -
30 April 2012Audio: Boris Johnson plans to unveil LGBT manifesto ‘to an amazed world’ 31 Incumbent Mayor of London Boris Johnson has reaffirmed his support of marriage equality for gay couples and said he will release his LGBT manifesto ahead of London's elections this week to an "amazed world". -
30 April 2012Q&A: London mayoral candidate Jenny Jones answers readers’ questions 8 The Green Party's candidate for London mayor Jenny Jones came to answer PinkNews.co.uk readers' questions last week. -
30 April 2012Scotland: Pro-equality and anti-equality faith groups both step up campaign 27 A broad alliance of faith groups has released an open letter, sent to all Members of Scottish Parliament (MSPs), demanding the right to conduct marriages for same-sex couples, while an anti-equality group has said it will send a leaflet to every house in Glasgow, campaigning against marriage equality, ahead of Thursday's council election. -
30 April 2012New Hampshire Episcopalians may elect a second gay bishop 4 One of the three priests nominated to succeed Bishop Gene Robinson at his Diocese of New Hampshire is an openly gay man and married to his partner, Boston Globe reports. -
30 April 2012UK issues global LGBT rights report, where US lags behind 28 The UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has issued its annual Human Rights and Democracy report today, where a separate section outlines the state of LGBT rights around the world, and the government's own commitment to it.
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Canada lifts lifetime ban on gay men giving blood, but they can only donate if celibate for five years+
US radio host: Employers should be allowed to discriminate against gays who ‘display their lifestyle’6
Czech president makes U-turn and grudgingly honours gay academic with title2
Russia: Council of Europe demands protection for gay pride rallies4
Scottish Lib Dem leader urges Scotland to follow England’s lead on equal marriage4
Seven amusing and shocking things we learned during the equal marriage debate6
France: Far-right leader pays tribute to anti-gay historian who shot himself dead over equal marriage15
Tory MP David Burrowes accuses David Lammy of ‘playing the race card’ in equal marriage debate28
Lib Dem MP Greg Mulholland: I would rather be called a ‘s**t’ than a homophobe and the equal marriage bill is flawed18
Lib Dem MP Greg Mulholland brands student a s**t in equal marriage Twitter row7
David Cameron: Gay teenagers will stand that bit taller following equal marriage vote48
US church blames Oklahoma tornado on gay basketball player Jason Collins54
MPs who voted against the third reading of the equal marriage bill 49- Seven amusing and shocking things we learned during the equal marriage debate6
MPs pass same-sex marriage bill in final third reading52
France: Far right activist commits suicide in Notre Dame following legalisation of equal marriage 90- Lib Dem MP Greg Mulholland brands student a s**t in equal marriage Twitter row7
- Lib Dem MP Greg Mulholland: I would rather be called a 's**t' than a homophobe and the equal marriage bill is flawed18
UKIP leader Nigel Farage: I won't expel members who call gay sex 'disgusting' 40
London: Gay couple threatened with death in violent late night homophobic assault140
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London: Gay couple threatened with death in violent late night homophobic assault140
Government considers watered down same-sex marriage bill to minimise Tory rebellion133
Tory MP Gerald Howarth: 'There are plenty in the aggressive homosexual community who want more than just same-sex marriage'94-
France: Far right activist commits suicide in Notre Dame following legalisation of equal marriage90
Philip Hammond: 'No great demand for gay marriage and it's upsetting vast numbers of people'73
Government to consider abolishing civil partnerships or opening up to straight couples68
Norman Tebbit: David Cameron has 'f**** things up' with his equal marriage bill65
Lib Dem MP Sarah Teather tells Catholic newspaper 'I never went into politics to tackle equal marriage'59
Lib Dem Deputy Leader Simon Hughes: 'Marriage should be between one man and one woman'58
Tory MP David Burrowes: 'I'm not anti-gay; I'm just pro-marriage'57
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