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19 September 2012Australia votes against legalising equal marriage 51 Lawmakers in the Australian Parliament have overwhelmingly rejected a bill that would have introduced equal marriage rights for same-sex couples. -
19 September 2012Pink: It’s not a ‘gay marriage’ it’s just ‘a marriage’. 14 US pop star Pink says she looks forward to the day when titles to describe people and their orientation becomes meaningless. -
19 September 2012Australian senator resigns after comparing equal marriage to bestiality 25 An Australian senator has resigned from the opposition's frontbench after he said that allowing same-sex couples to marry could lead to sanctioning polygamy and even bestiality. -
19 September 2012Rupert Everett attempts to downplay gay parenting row 58 Last weekend, the Sunday Times published an interview with the 53-year-old star, in which he said that he couldn’t think of “anything worse than being brought up by two gay dads”. -
19 September 2012Brighton: Anti-equal marriage Green councillor to appeal expulsion order 21 A Christian councillor who voted against equal marriage rights for same-sex couples and was then expelled from Brighton and Hove City Council’s Green group is to appeal the decision. -
19 September 2012Australian politician, who linked bestiality with equal marriage, to attend UK Conservative event 23 Australian Senator Cory Bernardi, who was sacked as an aide to the country's opposition leader after linking equal marriage to bestiality, is due to attend a conference of young Conservatives in Oxford this weekend.
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19 September 2012Scotland: Male nurse who pretended to be a lesbian has jail term cut 2 A former male nurse who pretended to be a teenage lesbian and preyed on 49 girls on social networking sites has had his minimum jail term reduced. -
19 September 2012Canada: Gay couples embracing marriage, according to census 6 Seven years after Canada legalised same-sex marriage, gay and lesbian couples are running to the altar in record numbers. -
19 September 2012Chick-fil-A make promise to stop funding anti equal marriage groups 30 Fast food company, Chick-fil-A, have confirmed that they will no longer fund anti-equal marriage groups, and sent a statement of respect for people of all sexual orientations. -
19 September 2012London: Gays urged to get on their bikes 3 After a summer of watching Olympic cycling success for Team GB, what better way to build up those leg muscles than by joining Cycle Out London. -
19 September 2012Video: Jesse Tyler Ferguson announces engagement to his boyfriend 6 Star of popular US TV series, Modern Family, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, has announced that he is engaged to his boyfriend, and not only that, he has established a company to advocate equal marriage for all. -
19 September 2012Maryland: Footballer and Governor to host event in support of equal marriage 2 The Governor of Maryland, Martin O'Malley, has said he will join football player, Brendon Ayanbadejo, to host an event raising money towards legalising equal marriage in the state. -
20 September 2012Australian Senate follows second chamber in defeating equal marriage 26 A vote on a bill that would have introduced equal marriage rights for same-sex couples has been defeated in the Australian Senate.
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20 September 2012Former adviser to Nick Clegg criticises ‘bigot’ apology 17 Nick Clegg’s former director of strategy disagrees with the decision of his former boss to apologise for appearing to brand equal marriage opponents as “bigots”. -
20 September 2012CPS: New Twitter abuse rules following Tom Daley case 16 The Director of Public Prosecutions is to issue new social media rules on abuse, after Team GB diver Tom Daley received offensive Twitter messages about his late father – and of a homophobic nature, earlier this summer. -
20 September 2012Video: Culture Secretary Maria Miller comes @Out4Marriage and defends record 39 The new Culture Secretary Maria Miller has once again signalled her full backing to the coalition’s policy on equal marriage by recording a video for the Out4Marriage campaign. -
20 September 2012London Assembly launches World Pride inquiry 4 As part of its investigation, the Greater London Authority Oversight Committee will look at the role of the organisers, Boris Johnson’s involvement in World Pride and the impact on London’s reputation of scaling back the event. -
20 September 2012Manchester: Murdered police officer had been planning civil partnership ceremony + It’s been revealed that one of the two female Police officers murdered in Greater Manchester earlier this week had been planning a future with the woman she loved and the child she was helping to bring up as her own. -
20 September 2012Paris Hilton: Gay men are ‘disgusting’ and most probably have ‘AIDS’ 104 US reality star Paris Hilton has been caught making a series of homophobic remarks to a gay friend in the back of a taxis. -
20 September 2012Rupert Everett branded ‘gay dinosaur’ by Coronation Street star 21 Gay Coronation Street actor Charlie Condou has criticised Rupert Everett after he said that he couldn’t think of “anything worse” than having gay male parents.
Articles from September 2012
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MPs reject proposal to introduce straight civil partnerships without a full review3
MPs vote overwhelmingly to hold a speedy review on the future of civil partnerships7
Maria Miller: I am happy to accept Labour’s amendment on a speedy civil partnerships review5
MPs reject legal protection for religious anti-gay equality beliefs9
Tory MP Gerald Howarth: ‘There are plenty in the aggressive homosexual community who want more than just same-sex marriage’41
Amendment to allow civil registrars to opt-out of same-sex marriages defeated by MPs18
Church of Scotland votes to allow ordaining ministers in same-sex relationships7
Comment: Say no to same-sex bill marriage amendments, Mr Cameron2
Lib Dem MPs encouraged to vote for Labour amendment to equal marriage bill+
Video: President Obama tells all-male college ‘Be the best husband to your boyfriend’4
London: Gay couple threatened with death in violent late night homophobic assault121- Tory MP Gerald Howarth: 'There are plenty in the aggressive homosexual community who want more than just same-sex marriage' 41
- Video: President Obama tells all-male college 'Be the best husband to your boyfriend'4
Downing Street will decide tactics for equal marriage bill after vote on straight civil partnership amendment42- Amendment to allow civil registrars to opt-out of same-sex marriages defeated by MPs18
Daniel Radcliffe: When filming Kill Your Darlings, I was given 'step-by-step' gay sex scene instructions22- UK: The simple state of play on the same-sex marriage bill and civil partnerships amendments7
Labour table civil partnership Manuscript Amendment in order to 'rescue' same-sex marriage bill17- MPs reject legal protection for religious anti-gay equality beliefs9
Nick Clegg: 'I will make sure the same-sex marriage bill doesn't get hijacked by those with ulterior motives'21
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Government considers watered down same-sex marriage bill to minimise Tory rebellion134
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London: Gay couple threatened with death in violent late night homophobic assault121
Tory MP Nadine Dorries: 'The gay marriage bill is taking the sex out of marriage'90
Philip Hammond: 'No great demand for gay marriage and it's upsetting vast numbers of people'72
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
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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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