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6 December 2012
Colombian senator: Same-sex marriage would lead to bestiality or necrophilia 31 When Colombia’s Congress took its first step towards legalising same-sex marriage this week, Senator Edgar Espíndola reacted by saying the measure would open the way towards necrophilia, bestiality and paedophilia.
6 December 2012
Peter Tatchell: ‘Straight couples refused equality’ 41 Peter Tatchell has suggested that the government is likely to decline opening up civil partnerships to heterosexual couples, when it issues its official response to the equal marriage consultation, later this month.
6 December 2012
First same-sex marriage permits issued in Washington state 7 Two women in Seattle have become the first gay couple to receive a marriage licence in America’s west coast state of Washington.
6 December 2012
Mexico: Supreme Court casts-out ban on same-sex marriage 29 The Mexican Supreme Court today made a unanimous ruling which could signal the beginning of equal marriage rights across the entire country.
5 December 2012
Same-sex marriage opponent Donald Trump admits to attending a ‘beautiful’ gay wedding 12 George Takei says he hopes his lunch date with Donald Trump can help end the billionaire’s opposition to equal marriage, and has revealed that the social conservative recently attended a “beautiful” gay wedding.
5 December 2012
Tory MP Bob Stewart: I will vote against same-sex marriage, but I’m not homophobic 72 Conservative MP Colonel Bob Stewart has told David Cameron and the Chief Whip Sir George Young that he plans to vote against equal marriage when the motion comes before the Commons next year.
4 December 2012
Paris gay-friendly mosque denounced by Islamic leaders 30 Islamic leaders in Paris are condemning the opening of what's been described as Europe's first gay-friendly mosque.
4 December 2012
Tory MP Richard Bacon’s motion to repeal Human Rights Act defeated 30 MPs have defeated a bid by Conservative MP Richard Bacon to scrap the Human Rights Act, which opponents of equal marriage have argued is a key threat to religious freedom.
4 December 2012
France: President’s partner to be a witness at one of the first same-sex weddings 2 Valérie Trierweiler, the partner of the French President François Hollande, has shown her support for moves to make marriage equal by announcing that she will be a witness at one of the first same-sex marriages.
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.
3 December 2012
US: County holds lottery for first gay couples to receive marriage licenses + Ten Washington couples will be among the first to receive marriage licenses, as the new equal marriage law comes into effect at 12.01am on Thursday morning.
3 December 2012
US Radio host: ‘Same-sex marriage encourages children to have gay sex’ 96 Linda Harvey, a radio host with an Ohio based Christian radio station WRFD has said that same-sex marriage is wrong because it encourages children to have gay sex.
3 December 2012
US Supreme Court fails again to decide on equal marriage cases 5 The US Supreme Court once again failed today to indicate whether it plans to hear multiple cases related to equal marriage.
3 December 2012
Tory councillor warns David Cameron introducing same-sex marriage will displease God 97 A Conservative councillor in Henley, Oxfordshire, has invoked the prime minister’s Christian faith as a reason why he should abandon plans to introduce equal marriage.
3 December 2012
Israel grants first divorce to gay married couple 11 For the first time, an Israeli court has granted the divorce of a gay couple, a move that may have widespread ramifications across the country.
3 December 2012
Wife of anti-equal marriage Tory MP disagrees with his stance 36 Conservative MP Henry Smith has admitted to his local newspaper that his own wife doesn’t agree with him when it comes to opposing equal marriage.
3 December 2012
Gay GOP lawmaker: ‘I thought my same-sex attraction would simply go away’ 29 A gay central Pennsylvania state Republican, who was married to a woman for almost a decade, says his Christian faith kept him from coming out for years.
1 December 2012
Video: Sir Ian McKellen says ‘I want to get married in Middle Earth’ for same-sex marriage campaign 14 X-Men and Lord of the Rings star Sir Ian McKellen has recorded a video for a New Zealand equal marriage campaign.
30 November 2012
US: Supreme Court delays action on same-sex marriage appeals 10 The US Supreme Court took no action on Friday on deciding whether to formally accept a series of appeals over the issue of same-sex marriage.
29 November 2012
US Supreme Court to decide whether to accept same-sex marriage cases 16 The US Supreme Court is to decide on Friday whether to deal now with whether the bans on gay couples marrying across many parts of the United States are unconstitutional.

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