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25 November 2012
Video: Morgan Freeman says journey towards equal rights ‘has just begun’ 3 Morgan Freeman features in a new video for the Human Rights Campaign, a charity in support of equal marriage rights, in which he says the journey towards equality "has just begun".
25 November 2012
Yorkshire Tory MP: Same-sex marriage is being forced on churches 37 Conservative MP for Dewsbury Simon Reevell has become the latest MP to suggest that churches will be forced to conduct same-sex marriages despite government assurances.
25 November 2012
YouGov polling expert questions validity of anti-gay marriage results 26 YouGov Associate Director Anthony Wells has criticised same-sex marriage polls that feature agree/disagree statements.
25 November 2012
US: Boeing refuses pension survivor benefits for same-sex couples 21 Boeing, one of the world's largest aircraft manufacturers has told union negotiators that it would deny pension survivor benefits to same-sex couples, despite Washington State having approved on an equal marriage law earlier this month.
23 November 2012
Source: 118 Tory MPs may vote against same-sex marriage 87 The Daily Mail has reported that 118 Conservative MPs could potentially vote against government plans to legalise marriage rights for gay couples.
23 November 2012
UK: Stonewall chief believes bishop vote helps David Cameron on same-sex marriage 5 Stonewall's CEO has responded cautiously to claims the PM may fast-track equal marriage legislation.
23 November 2012
UK Youth Parliament votes not to campaign for same-sex marriage 45 Following a day of debates and votes held at the House of Commons, the UK Youth Parliament has voted to reject same-sex marriage equality as its campaign for 2013.
23 November 2012
London Evening Standard calls for PM to move quickly on same-sex marriage 19 The London Evening Standard has published an editorial stating that speeding up implementation of equal marriage would help benefit the government.
22 November 2012
ConservativeHome editor: Cameron is on ‘right side of history but wrong side of core voters’ on equal marriage 26 Tim Montgomerie, the editor of Conservative Home has urged Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron to argue more passionately in favour of same-sex marriage, but he warned that at present, Mr Cameron is on the “right side of history, but the wrong side of his core voters” on this issue.
22 November 2012
South Dorset MP criticises David Cameron for fast-track vote on equal marriage 36 The MP for South Dorset has written an open letter to David Cameron, voicing his strong opposition to equal marriage, giving religious reasons, and saying that marriage should only be between one man and one woman.
22 November 2012
New Zealand: Churches won’t be forced to perform same-sex weddings 7 The New Zealand Human Rights Commission has confirmed that, if equal marriage becomes legal, carrying out same-sex wedding ceremonies won't be mandatory for churches.
22 November 2012
Conservative MP: Church is deluded if it thinks Parliament will listen to opposition of same-sex marriage 27 The Conservative MP Sir Tony Baldry who speaks on behalf of the Church of England’s commissioners in Parliament has warned that the church is deluding itself if it thinks that MPs will listen to its arguments against marriage equality for gay couples.
22 November 2012
Colombian politician says gay sex is ‘dirty and repulsive’ 50 A senator in Columbia has launched a homophobic tirade in the country’s parliament and has said gay sex is “excremental” and deserves “condemnation".
22 November 2012
French president U-turns on same-sex marriage opt-out idea 16 French President Francois Hollande appears to have backtracked on suggestions that mayors who oppose equal marriage should be allowed to personally opt-out from pending legislation.
22 November 2012
New Zealand: Committee told that equal marriage is an ‘abomination’, and could lead to incest 25 The select committee reviewing the equal marriage bill in New Zealand, has heard submissions from two pastors, one who called equal marriage a sin, and an "abomination," and another who said that incest is "the way it could go" if equal marriage became legal.
22 November 2012
Source: David Cameron to introduce equal marriage legislation within weeks 57 A senior source in Downing Street has told the Daily Mail that Prime Minister David Cameron is to fast-track legislation to introduce equal marriage within weeks.
22 November 2012
UK: Same-sex marriage vote due ‘within weeks’ says Mail 1 Plans to allow same-sex marriage could be voted on and approved by MPs within weeks, according to the Daily Mail.
21 November 2012
US: Baltimore launches LGBT wedding planner, invites same-sex couples to marry there 5 Officials from Baltimore's tourism board have launched an LGBT wedding planner, with a view to compete with other states in which equal marriage is legal, and to attract same-sex couples to marry there.
21 November 2012
France: ‘Mosque for gays’ with mixed prayer groups to be opened in Paris 37 A mosque aimed specifically at gay people, and which would provide mixed gender prayer groups, is set to open in Paris at the end of November.
21 November 2012
French president hints at concessions over same-sex marriage bill 30 French President Francois Hollande has suggested that mayors who oppose equal marriage should be allowed to personally opt-out from pending legislation.

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