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12 February 2013
Manchester: Dale Cregan pleads guilty to murdering Fiona Bone and Nicola Hughes + Dale Cregan has now pleaded guilty to murdering two police officers - one of whom was planning to enter into a civil partnership.
6 February 2013
Alice Arnold: I will marry Clare Balding rather than ‘marrying’ her only in inverted commas 5 Alice Arnold has written about why she should marry her civil partner, Clare Balding.
5 February 2013
Gay Tory MP Mike Freer: ‘I’m simply asking for equal treatment’ 7 Conservative MP Mike Freer has received warm praise on Twitter for delivering a heartfelt speech in support of marriage equality in the House of Commons.
24 January 2013
US: Gay civil unions bill passes first vote in Colorado 9 On Wednesday, a bill to legalise civil unions in the US state of Colorado passed its first vote, bring the state one step closer to allowing same-sex unions.
23 January 2013
Taiwan: Gay couple withdraw lawsuit against the state for ban on equal marriage 2 A gay couple in Taiwan who filed a lawsuit last year after being rejected in their application for marriage, have said they will withdraw their case tomorrow.
15 January 2013
UKIP LGBT chairman: I support same-sex marriage — but it’s not important 71 The deputy chairman of UKIP’s affiliated LGBT group is defending the party from accusations of homophobia and says he would never be kicked out of the party for supporting same-sex marriage.
11 January 2013
Chilean Bishop says gay ‘domestic partnerships bring the destruction of human beings’ 20 A Chilean Bishop spoke out earlier this week to say that domestic partnerships, as per recently proposed legislation, would bring the "destruction of human beings".
10 January 2013
Anglican Nigerian church threatens to split from Church of England over gay bishops row 26 The Church of Nigeria Anglican Communion has threatened to break away from the Church of England over a recent announcement that the latter has dropped its opposition to gay clergy becoming bishops.
9 January 2013
Alice Arnold: I want to get married to my civil partner Clare Balding 10 Former Radio 4 newsreader Alice Arnold says she is determined to turn her civil partnership into a marriage.
8 January 2013
Horse McDonald: I came home to get married, even though I was bullied for being gay 14 Singer Horse McDonald returned to her hometown she left because of homophobia, in order to wed her fiance in a civil partnership.
20 December 2012
Ireland: Lesbian couple get engaged via Tweets projected onto Dublin building 5 The Irish state broadcaster RTE has reported on how a festive tweets promotion by AOL turned into a surprise civil partnership proposal for a lesbian couple.
20 December 2012
Interview: Gay couple hope to find closure in 2013 following Christian anti-gay B&B case 34 Despite winning a legal case against the homophobic owner of a bed and breakfast – John Morgan and Michael Black say they won’t have complete closure until it is settled at the Court of Appeal.
13 December 2012
US: Mayor of Atlanta says ‘gay couples deserve the same protection’ as straight ones 7 After coming out in support of equal marriage on Tuesday, the Mayor of Atlanta has reiterated his support, and given his reasons for changing his stance, saying that "gay and lesbian couples deserve the same protection" as straight couples.
4 December 2012
Germany: Angela Merkel faces party divide over tax breaks for gay couples 11 Chancellor Angela Merkel faces a divide within her ruling Christian Democratic Union party, over tax reliefs for gay couples, which have so far been reserved for married, straight, couples.
27 November 2012
Malaysia: Islamic political party members to protest against Elton John concert 9 Members of a Malaysian Islamic political party are set to protest against the appearance of Elton John in the country's capital on Saturday evening.
14 November 2012
Telegraph blasts George Osborne for supporting same-sex marriage 61 The Telegraph newspaper has criticised Chancellor George Osborne’s recent intervention on equal marriage and has accused him of playing a “dangerous game” over the issue.
16 October 2012
Eastenders star feared being typecast as ‘the gay Muslim’ 56 Actor Marc Elliott says his decision to quit Eastenders was motivated through the fear of becoming typecast as “the gay Muslim”.
15 October 2012
Tracey Emin: The church should embrace gay people 27 Tracey Emin has spoken of her support for equal marriage and believes there should always be a separation of the church and state.
21 September 2012
Israel: Lesbian couple awarded payout in landmark ruling 9 An Israeli lesbian couple is celebrating after a judge ruled that a wedding hall could not reject their custom.
31 July 2012
United Reformed Church could be first on Jersey to host civil partnerships 2 Jersey's United Reformed Church will vote in September whether to become the first church on the island to allow gay civil partnership ceremonies.

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