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16 May 2013
US: ACLU pushes ‘Modern Family’ TV show creators to allow gay characters to get married 5 The American Civil Liberties Union has begun pushing the producers of US television show Modern Family, to write an episode in which the gay couple featured on it, get married.
22 April 2013
Bill Clinton: My daughter Chelsea helped me change to support gay rights 9 In his acceptance speech at the GLAAD Media Awards last weekend, former US President Bill Clinton, noted his daughter's part in his change in stance on the issue of equal marriage.
21 April 2013
GLAAD Awards feature DiCaprio, Theron, and Bill Clinton heckler 6 The 24th annual GLAAD Media Awards took place in Los Angeles on Saturday, with awards for LGBT advocacy presented by Leonardo DiCaprio, Charlize Theron and Drew Barrymore, among others.
13 April 2013
US: Republican Party votes to reaffirm opposition to equal marriage and support for Prop 8 28 The US Republican Party's national committee voted unanimously on Friday to reaffirm its opposition to equal marriage, and to urge the Supreme Court to uphold Proposition 8, California's ban on same-sex marriage, and the Defense of Marriage Act.
8 April 2013
US: Electronic Arts notes anti-gay campaign as reason for ‘Worst Company in America’ award 12 Video games company Electronic Arts (EA) is a highly likely contender to win the award for the Worst Company in America, for the second year running, and the company's COO said he thought an anti-gay campaign was partly to blame, but said he was "proud" of the company for supporting issues such as equal marriage.
8 April 2013
Video: David Letterman says opposition to equal marriage is ‘beyond embarrassing’ 2 US television host David Letterman has voiced his annoyance at the equal marriage debate in America, saying it is "beyond embarrassing" that opposition to it remains, and says that it is "absolute stupidity" to oppose it.
4 April 2013
Bill Clinton to be honoured with a GLAAD Media Award 21 GLAAD, the LGBT media advocacy organisation, has announced that former US President Bill Clinton will be honoured with an award at its 24th annual Media Awards in May.
3 April 2013
US: Conservative group slams Pennsylvania Senator for supporting equal marriage 3 A day after he announced that he had changed his stance to support equal marriage, US Senator Bob Casey has come under attack from a conservative group who accuse him of going "too far" in a quest to "redefine marriage".
2 April 2013
US talk show host condemns ‘fraud’ Bill O’Reilly for supporting equal marriage 45 A conservative US talk show host has come down heavily on Fox News presenter Bill O'Reilly who last week announced that he had changed his stance to support equal marriage.
2 April 2013
Poll: US state of Virginia still marginally opposes equal marriage 5 A new poll has revealed that, despite rising support for equal marriage overall across the US, voters in the state of Virginia still marginally oppose it.
2 April 2013
US: Democratic Senator Bob Casey announces support for equal marriage 2 Amidst a rush of politicians to support equal marriage across the US, Democratic Senator Bob Casey has announced his support for efforts to legalise it.
1 April 2013
Snoop Lion on equal marriage: ‘People can do as they please’ 3 Rapper turned reggae artist Snoop Lion has confirmed that he supports equal marriage, and said that he has "no issues with nobody."
1 April 2013
Marie Osmond comes out in support of equal marriage 11 Marie Osmond, a member of the show business family The Osmonds has said that she supports equal marriage, and cited her daughter as one of the reasons she was in support.
31 March 2013
Archbishop of New York: Gay couples are only ‘entitled to friendship’, not sex 81 The Archbishop of New York Timothy Dolan has reiterated the opposition to gay relationship by the Catholic Church, and went on to say that gay couples are only "entitled to friendship", and that “sexual love…is intended only for a man and a woman”.
29 March 2013
Gay Tea Party co-founder: I oppose equal marriage doing so is ‘not homophobic’ 35 An openly gay co-founder of the US National Capital Tea Party Patriots, has said he is opposed to equal marriage, and has said that it is "not homophobic" to oppose it.
29 March 2013
Jon Stewart: There is no excuse for the Supreme Court to delay taking a stance on equal marriage 2 Speaking on Thursday evening's The Daily Show, Jon Stewart was heavily critical of some arguments heard in the US Supreme Court around equal marriage in the first two days of hearings this week.
29 March 2013
US: San Francisco law professors predict Supreme Court will invalidate Prop 8 and DOMA 7 Two law professors from San Francisco's Bay Area predicted after two days of hearings around equal marriage, that the Supreme Court would rule to invalidate both Proposition 8 and a the Defense of Marriage Act.
28 March 2013
US Pastor: Christians will be ‘forced underground’ if Supreme Court allows equal marriage 25 A US pastor has spoken out against equal marriage following the Supreme Court hearings around it, saying if it is allowed, Christians will be "forced underground", and "their buildings will be taken away from them".
28 March 2013
President Obama: There is a ‘strong basis’ for allowing equal marriage 5 After the US Supreme Court took up two cases around equal marriage this week, President Barack Obama said in an interview that he thought there was a "strong basis" for allowing equal marriage, and the benefits which come with it.
27 March 2013
US: Supreme Court indicates it may strike down the Defense of Marriage Act 5 The US Supreme Court Justices on Wednesday indicated a possible interest in striking down the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), as it heard arguments around the issue.

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