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5 December 2011Call for congregations to reject Church ban as religious civil partnerships come into effect 29 Peter Tatchell has called on priests and congregations to reject the Church of England's ban on civil partnerships in their churches, as new regulations allowing come into effect today. The Marriages and Civil Partnerships (Approved Premises) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 come into force today, and lift the ban on places of religious worship holding civil partnership ceremonies. -
17 November 2011Gay and human rights champion Peter Tatchell awarded honorary doctorate 39 London's South Bank University has awarded an honorary doctorate of laws to the human and gay rights campaigner and regular PinkNews.co.uk columnist Peter Tatchell. -
3 November 2011Religious civil partnerships won’t solve “blanket ban inequality” 91 Announcement is welcomed by some, but warnings follow that not allowing religious gay marriages is still an "infringement of religious freedom". -
19 September 2011Peter Tatchell: The equal marriage consultation is not good enough 68 Gay rights campaigner Peter Tatchell says the consultation on marriage equality is not good enough - and not even necessary. -
3 August 2011Tory MP Chloe Smith supports gay marriage 88 Conservative MP Chloe Smith says she supports the campaign for marriage equality. -
14 July 2011Sign the petition for UK marriage equality 41 Gay rights campaigners have launched a petition to call for gay marriages and straight civil partnerships in the UK. -
5 July 2011Peter Tatchell: ‘David Cameron should come out in support of gay marriage’ 30 Peter Tatchell says same-sex marriage "reeks of assimilationism" - but prime minister David Cameron should support it. -
25 April 2011Giant card and demonstration call on Prince William and Kate Middleton to support gay marriage 89 Human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell and the Equal Love campaign have presented Prince William and Kate Middleton a wedding card that calls for their support for gay marriage. -
21 April 2011Interview: Peter Tatchell on a lifetime of campaigning 58 Peter Tachell is a name synonymous with the struggle for gay rights. -
21 April 2011Gay marriage rally at Buckingham Palace 119 Gay rights campaigners are to hold a rally outside Buckingham Palace on Monday to call for the right to marry. -
20 March 2011Speech: British Home secretary promises progress on full gay marriage equality 65 In her first major speech on LGBT rights, the home secretary and minister for equality, Theresa May, has promised action on full gay marriage equality. -
4 March 2011Support for gay marriage now ‘evenly divided’ in the US 8 Support for gay marriage is on the rise, with the American public now "evenly divided" on the issue, according to a new poll by the Pew Research Center. -
13 February 2011British government reportedly set to introduce full gay marriage equality 84 The government is expected to announce full marriage equality for gays and lesbians under reforms to marriage laws to be announced later this week. -
31 January 2011Q&A: The Equal Love campaign’s legal case 13 This week, four gay and four straight couples will file a challenge at the European Court of Human Rights against the UK's ban on gay marriage and straight civil partnerships. -
31 January 2011UK gay marriage challenge goes to European Court 27 A challenge against the UK's bans on gay marriage and straight civil partnerships will be filed at the European Court of Human Rights this week.
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28 January 2011French court says no to gay marriage 30 France's constitutional court upheld the ban on gay marriage today after a challenge from a lesbian couple. -
23 December 2010Lib Dem MP Steve Gilbert calls for progress on gay marriage 28 Liberal Democrat MP Steve Gilbert has called for progress on UK marriage equality, saying he hopes legislation can be introduced by 2015. -
21 December 2010Updated: British couples launch legal challenge against marriage laws 10 Eight British couples - four gay and four straight - will launch a legal bid today to win the right to gay marriage and straight civil partnerships. -
15 December 2010Legal challenge to begin as final couple are refused civil partnership 11 Gay rights campaigners are preparing to launch legal action after the last of eight couples to challenge the UK's marriage laws were turned away from a registry office today. -
13 December 2010Equal Love campaign: Final couple challenge marriage laws 16 The last couple to challenge the UK's marriage laws under the Equal Love campaign will do so tomorrow.
