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20 February 2013
Labour MP Steve Reed: Gordon Brown was ‘wrong’ not to support same-sex marriage as PM 15 In an exclusive interview with PinkNews.co.uk, Steve Reed, Labour's newly elected MP for Croydon North, says Gordon Brown's failure to support marriage equality as PM and Labour leader is a source of regret.
20 February 2013
US: Poll shows that half of Illinois residents support equal marriage + A poll of Illinois residents has found that half of people living in the state supported a bill to legalise equal marriage, with the percentage in opposition to it much lower.
20 February 2013
Poll: 59% of Americans oppose the Defense of Marriage Act 4 A new poll has found that almost two thirds of Americans registered to vote oppose the Defense of Marriage Act, and that just over half support equal marriage for same-sex couples.
20 February 2013
Oxfordshire: ‘Bible-believing’ Tory councillor defects to UKIP over same-sex marriage 30 Oxfordshire local councillor, David Silvester has resigned from the Conservative Party because of David Cameron's decision to introduce same-sex marriage.
20 February 2013
Registrars should not have to marry gay couples says Tory MP David Burrowes 76 Tory MP David Burrowes, who last week accused PinkNews of “fomenting hostility” against the opponents of equal marriage, also believes registrars should not have to marry gay couples.
20 February 2013
US: Former first lady Laura Bush and former Vice President Dick Cheney to star in equal marriage ads 4 A media campaign in support of same-sex marriage will feature President Barack Obama, ex-first lady Laura Bush and ex-Vice President Dick Cheney.
19 February 2013
US Head of Christian group suggests that same-sex parents should be ‘cast into the sea’ 45 The executive director of a Christian anti-gay group in the US has referred to a study which claimed that children of gay parents were worse off than those with straight parents, and quoted scripture which read that those doubting God should be "cast into the sea".
19 February 2013
Alaskan Republicans apologise for ‘inappropriate’ laughter over same-sex unions question 7 Leading Repiblicans of the Alaska House of Representatives have apologised for laughing when the issue of civil unions was raised at a caucus.
19 February 2013
Comment: France’s Justice Minister Christiane Taubira has become an equal marriage hero 3 Writing for PinkNews, French student David Browne says France’s Justice Minister Christiane Taubira is now synonymous with the debate on gay rights in the country.
19 February 2013
US: Key player in Obama re-election campaign seeks to remove Ohio equal marriage ban + One of the key players in President Barack Obama's re-election campaign has joined efforts in the US state of Ohio to repeal its ban on equal marriage.
19 February 2013
Ireland: Kerry County Council votes in favour of marriage equality 3 Kerry County Council passed a motion in support of equal marriage on Monday, becoming the latest local authority in Ireland to vote in favour of marriage equality.
19 February 2013
Bahamas: Chief Justice predicts that equal marriage will be addressed in court soon 9 The Bahamian Chief Justice has said that he believes that courts will address the issue of equal marriage soon in the country.
19 February 2013
US: Texas lawmakers hope to repeal state ban on equal marriage 5 Lawmakers in the US state of Texas are hoping to repeal the state's ban on equal marriage, despite strong opposition.
18 February 2013
US: Republican senator attacks Illinois same-sex marriage bill as ‘discriminatory’ towards straight people 31 Republican Illinois Senator Kyle McCarter took to his Facebook page last week and condemned the state Senate’s 34-21 vote approving a bill to try to legalise same-sex marriage.
18 February 2013
Leader of Plaid Cymru: MPs should not vote against equal marriage simply over the size of their postbag 8 The leader of Plaid Cymru is not impressed by those MPs who voted against this month’s Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill simply on the basis of the amount of negative letters they received.
18 February 2013
Peter Tatchell praises Muslim MPs for supporting equal marriage and blasts anti-gay fatwas 14 A small number of Islamic clerics, who have been issuing fatwas against the decision of several Muslim MPs to vote in favour of the same-sex marriage bill, have been criticised by Peter Tatchell.
18 February 2013
Video: Alaskan Republicans laugh when asked about plans for civil unions 9 A video has surfaced online, which appears to show members of the Alaskan House Caucus laughing when asked by a member of the press about its plans to legalise civil unions, before saying the issue "never came up" during discussions.
18 February 2013
Labour MP Sadiq Khan receives death threats for supporting same-sex marriage 35 Britain's most senior Muslim MP has received death threats from some hardline Islamic extremists after voting in favour of equal marriage, earlier this month.
17 February 2013
France: Subway shop limits Valentine’s Day offer to straight couples only 39 The owner of a Subway franchise in the French city of Angers has received heavy criticism for refusing to offer a Valentine's Day special offer to gay couples.
17 February 2013
8-year-old writes to the Welsh Secretary to say she has been brought up ‘perfectly well’ by lesbians 87 An eight-year-old girl has written to the Welsh Secretary David Jones to tell him that she has been brought up "perfectly well" by her two lesbian mothers.

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