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20 May 2012US black civil rights group, NAACP, endorses equal marriage 31 The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) has passed a resolution yesterday endorsing equal marriage, two weeks following President Obama's move to do so. -
19 May 2012Republicans hastily add anti-equal marriage coda to a defence bill 54 In a sign that equal marriage might be made a more prominent issue than previously thought, following President Obama's support for the measure, Republican-led House of Representatives have hastily added a provision on to a large-scale defence bill that would ban equal marriage ceremonies at military chapels. -
19 May 2012Virginia: Republicans block first openly gay judge 41 Senior Democrats in Virginia have cried foul after Republicans in the general assembly moved to block the appointment of what would have been the state's first openly gay judge. -
19 May 2012Comment: Trans people need equality to get our marriages, confiscated by the state back 54 Liberal Democrat councillor Sarah Brown explains from the perspective of a transgendered person why she's supporting the Out4Marriage campaign. -
18 May 2012Malawi: New president ‘to decriminalise homosexuality’ 103 The Malawian president has said she will repeal the laws which make it illegal to be gay in the central African state, it has been reported. -
18 May 2012French prime minister promises to implement equal marriage and adoption rights for gays 61 The new French prime minister has announced a commitment to implement new president François Hollande's pledge to equalise the laws on marriage for gay and straight couples. -
18 May 2012Chris Bryant: Tory MP’s response to equal marriage enquiry ‘as cruel as it was offensive’ 128 A Conservative MP's response to an enquiry about equal marriage has been called 'cruel and offensive' in its treatment of couples who are unable to have children by gay Labour MP Chris Bryant and 'truly shocking' by a constituent. -
17 May 2012International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia marked globally 79 Governments, organisations and individuals around the world have been marking this year's International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia today. -
17 May 2012Angela Eagle MP: Gay couples will be in limbo until equal marriage laws are announced 31 Angela Eagle, the first female MP to enter a civil partnership, has called on the government to introduce marriage equality legislation and take gay couples out of 'limbo'. -
17 May 2012Comment: David Cameron has to press ahead on marriage equality, and so do we 22 The consequences of abandoning marriage equality plans in the face of opposition by would-be theocrats would be disastrous for the Tories, for LGBT people and for democracy, Adrian Tippetts argues. -
17 May 2012Dr John Sentamu: Meeting ‘emotional needs’ of gay couples through civil marriage is a ‘misuse of the state’ 263 The Archbishop of York has said that while allowing gay couples to marry in civil ceremonies may meet their 'emotional needs', if they are not experiencing legal discrimination it would be a 'misuse of the state'. -
17 May 2012Green leader Caroline Lucas calls for ‘legislation not consultation’ in her @Out4Marriage video 9 Caroline Lucas, MP for Brighton Pavilion and the leader of the Green Party has become the first party leader to publish their Out4Marriage video. -
17 May 2012Tory MP who called gay marriage ‘completely nuts’ ejected from two Parliamentary committees 42 Peter Bone, one of the most outspoken Conservative party critics of the Government's plans for same sex marriage equality, has lost his place on two influential House of Commons committees. -
16 May 2012Ben and Jerry’s renames Equality Minister Lynne Featherstone as Lynne Honeycomb 15 Ben and Jerry's the ice cream maker that had already launched a special scoop, Apple-y Ever After, to celebrate equal marriage for gay couples sent the UK Minister for Equality, Lynne Featherstone her own personalised ice cream tub. -
16 May 2012Ex-EastEnders star and Stonewall founder Michael Cashman first MEP to come @Out4Marriage 10 Michael Cashman has become the first member of the European Parliament to join the Out4Marriage campaign.
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Editorial: Thanks Home Secretary for coming @Out4Marriage, now come out for religious same-sex marriage!2
Poll: Opposition to equal marriage, especially black voters, hits record low after Obama’s support10
Video: Colin Powell supports equal marriage9
Video: Home Secretary Theresa May comes @Out4Marriage to reaffirm Government’s equal marriage promise49
Mariela Castro praises President Obama for gay rights support7
Video: Obama campaign releases LGBT manifesto18
‘Big Bang Theory’ actor, Jim Parsons, comes out as gay42
Update: No. 10 says MPs will be given free vote on equal marriage107
Iran recalls ambassador to Azerbaijan over Eurovision ‘gay parade’39
Video: Prime Minister’s closest aide, Desmond Swayne MP, comes @Out4Marriage31
'Big Bang Theory' actor, Jim Parsons, comes out as gay42
Poll: Opposition to equal marriage, especially black voters, hits record low after Obama's support10
Gay penguin couple given their own egg to rear22
Video: Obama campaign releases LGBT manifesto18
DC Comics superhero to come out as 'prominent' gay character85
US gymnastics hopeful comes out as gay ahead of Olympics20
Paul Iacono comes out as gay15
Actor Matt Bomer comes out32
Editorial: Thanks Home Secretary for coming @Out4Marriage, now come out for religious same-sex marriage!2
Video: Home Secretary Theresa May comes @Out4Marriage to reaffirm Government's equal marriage promise49
Video: North Carolina Pastor calls for the death of gay and lesbian people217
Chris Bryant: Tory MP's response to equal marriage enquiry 'as cruel as it was offensive'128
GAP releases pro-gay ad, under fire from One Million Moms125
Kansas: School teacher compares homosexuality to murder120
Dharun Ravi sentenced to 30 days over filming roommate's gay kiss108-
Update: No. 10 says MPs will be given free vote on equal marriage107
Malawi: New president 'to decriminalise homosexuality'103
50 Cent is 100% for gay marriage but not gay men that touch 'your little buns' in elevators100
First transgender 'Miss Universe Canada' pageant contestant misses out on title90
Northern Ireland Secretary of State, Owen Paterson, opposed to equal marriage89
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