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13 May 2013
US: Rainbow flags flown on Minnesota ‘Freedom to Marry Bridge’ ahead of Senate vote on equal marriage 4 Rainbow flags are being flown in St Paul, Minnesota ahead of today's Senate vote on equal marriage, and the city's mayor has renamed a bridge Freedom to Marry Bridge, in support of the measure.
13 May 2013
Cuba: Hundreds protest against homophobia in Havana 5 Hundreds took to the streets of Cuban capital Havana, in favour of LGBT rights and against homophobia, at the weekend, led by gay rights campaigner Mariela Castro.
13 May 2013
NBC’s gay sitcom The New Normal cancelled after just one season 20 US television network NBC has announced that its new sitcom The New Normal, which features a gay couple and the surrogate mother of their child, has been cancelled after just one season, amidst falling ratings.
13 May 2013
Nintendo to ‘fix’ bug which allowed male same-sex relationships in computer game 9 Computer game giant Nintendo has addressed a "bug" in one of its popular titles, which allowed male same-sex couples to have relationships, get married and have children.
12 May 2013
UK: Anglican church in Burnley pledges to dedicate itself to LGBT inclusiveness 5 A Church of England congregation in Burnley, Lancashire, in the North West of England, has pledged to work towards an inclusive mission to welcome all worshipers regardless of sexual orientation.
12 May 2013
US: Minnesota Senate vote on equal marriage bill imminent 9 The US state of Minnesota could soon become the twelfth to legalise equal marriage, as on Monday its Senate will vote on a measure to legalise it.
12 May 2013
Christians called to pray at Parliament in opposition to equal marriage bill 56 Christians are being encouraged to attend organised prayer meetings near the Houses of Parliament this month, in order to oppose the equal marriage bill, and to coincide with its third reading.
11 May 2013
US: Minnesota Republican moved to tears over ‘heartbreaking’ same-sex marriage bill 73 A Republican from Minnesota's House of Representatives was reported to be brought to tears by the progress of a bill that may see her state become the 12th in the US to legalise same-sex marriage.
11 May 2013
Illinois Governor to the House: ‘It’s time to vote’ on our state’s equal marriage bill 3 Illinois Governor Pat Quinn on Thursday called for state lawmakers in the House to vote on, and approve a bill to legalise equal marriage, and said they have had enough time to consider the bill given that it passed in the Senate over two months ago.
10 May 2013
Research group: Tory peer ‘wrong’ to claim study says children ‘do best’ with straight parents 39 An independent research organisation has denied a claim by Conservative peer Baroness O'Cathain, that one of its studies finds that children "do best" when raised by straight, married parents.
10 May 2013
Lord Carey: The Government has ignored minority churches on same-sex marriage 43 Lord Carey of Clifton told the House of Lords that the Government has painted opponents of marriage equality as a "strange breed of non-relevant dinosaurs" while ignoring minority ethnic communities.
10 May 2013
Conservative peer Baroness O’Cathain: ‘The Government should admit same-sex marriage is a mistake’ 47 Baroness O'Cathain told the House of Lords that "very little more equality is needed" when laying out her opposition to same-sex marriage.
10 May 2013
Conservative Lord Fowler: If Parliament values people equally, it must make same-sex marriage legal 33 Lord (Norman) Fowler, the former Conservative Health Secretary has told fellow peers that they should support equal marriage because: "Parliament should value people equally in the law, and that enabling same-sex couples to marry removes the current inequity."
9 May 2013
Former police chief Lord Dear: Same-sex marriage will provoke backlash against gays 91 The former Chief Constable of West Midlands Police, Lord (Geoffrey) Dear, Baron of Willersey in the County of Gloucestershire, has told the House of Lords that introducing same-sex marriage could "create such opposition to homosexuals in general that the climate of tolerance and acceptance in this country that we have all championed and supported and seen flourish over recent years could well be set back by decades."
9 May 2013
US: Following two-hour debate, Minnesota House passes equal marriage bill 11 The House in the US state of Minnesota passed a bill to legalise equal marriage on Thursday, with a clear majority in favour.
9 May 2013
Former Republican Governor Charlie Crist announces marriage equality support + Charlie Crist, the former Governor of Florida, declared his support for marriage equality in what appears to be the latest stage of his evolution from Republican to Democrat politics.
9 May 2013
France: Viral outrage caused by anti-equal marriage poster 7 A poster calling for same-sex marriage opponents to rally in France caused outrage on social media sites over what many claim is a racist depiction of the Justice Minister.
9 May 2013
US: Equal marriage supporters and opponents descend on Minnesota ahead of House vote 6 Groups of supporters and opponents of equal marriage began to head for the House in Minnesota, as it gears up for today's vote on a measure to legalise it.
9 May 2013
Video: James Franco gets married to a man in a music video 1 A new, bizarre music video features Hollywood actors James Franco, Edward Norton and Zach Galifianakis, all getting married to men, in a parody of the Spring Breakers film.
9 May 2013
Methodist peer Lord Griffiths: ‘I support gay rights but not same-sex marriage’ 38 Methodist minister and Labour peer Lord Leslie Griffiths has revealed that, while he supports civil partnerships, he feels marriage equality doesn't offer gay people anything more than the use of the word "marriage".

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