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15 January 2013
Maryland: Anti-gay Republican blames same-sex marriage for alcohol abuse 32 A Republican Maryland politician says legislators who voted for the state’s same-sex marriage bill contributed to his alcohol abuse.
15 January 2013
Australia to keep anti-gay discrimination to protect ‘freedom’ of religious groups 47 Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has reportedly given her word to religious groups that they will have the “freedom” under a new rights bill, to discriminate against gay people, and other people deemed sinners.
15 January 2013
UKIP LGBT chairman: I support same-sex marriage — but it’s not important 71 The deputy chairman of UKIP’s affiliated LGBT group is defending the party from accusations of homophobia and says he would never be kicked out of the party for supporting same-sex marriage.
15 January 2013
Indonesia: Lesbian couple forced to flee after pretending to be straight in order to get married + Despite equal marriage being illegal in Indonesia, a lesbian couple managed to obtain a marriage license by pretending that one of them was male.
15 January 2013
US: Activists apply for unattainable marriage licenses in Southern states to push for equality + Gay couples in two North Carolina cities lined up at government counters to ask for marriage licenses they knew would be denied, in an effort to push the US South towards marriage equality, despite opposition being strong.
14 January 2013
Survey: Three in five people in Wales support equal marriage 16 A major poll conducted by YouGov for Stonewall Cymru has revealed that three in five people in Wales support government plans to extend civil marriage to same-sex couples.
14 January 2013
UK: Anti-gay marriage group uses MP’s photo without permission 13 The main group campaigning against equal marriage in the UK has used a Conservative MP's photograph on its publicity leaflets without her permission.
14 January 2013
Exclusive: MPs to vote on same-sex marriage bill before Valentine’s Day 40 PinkNews understands that MPs will debate and vote on the government’s equal marriage plans for England and Wales before next month’s Valentine’s Day.
14 January 2013
Church of England considering in-church blessings for ‘celibate’ gay couples 43 Reports have suggested that the Church of England plans to consider allowing gay couples to have their civil partnerships blessed in churches.
14 January 2013
Tory ‘love cheat’ MP says same-sex marriage makes it ‘difficult to promote Christian values’ 53 Conservative MP Bob Blackman, who previously had an affair behind his wife’s back for 11 years, says legalising equal marriage would make it “difficult to promote Christian values in parliament.”
13 January 2013
France: 340,000 protest against equal marriage rights in Paris 102 Hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets of Paris protest against the country’s upcoming bill which would allow equal marriage and adoption rights for same-sex couples.
13 January 2013
Vatican: Topless women demonstrate for equal marriage rights during Pope’s weekly prayer 32 A Ukrainian feminist group have protested topless at St Peter's Square for gay rights, as Pope Benedict XVI gave his weekly prayer.
12 January 2013
Thousands of French lesbians travel to Belgium for artificial insemination 7 Thousands of French lesbians couples are believed to have travelled to Belgium in order to conceive babies, through artificial insemination, which is not available in their home country.
12 January 2013
Malta: Labour government would grant civil partnerships and trans identity law if elected 9 The leader of the Labour party in the Maltese House of Representatives has said his party would allow gay couples to have civil unions, a gender identity law for trans people, and that he would appoint a minister for civil rights and equality.
12 January 2013
A thousand Catholic priests fear that equal marriage marks a return to ‘centuries of persecution’ 293 More than a thousand Catholic priests have signed a letter saying that if equal marriage is legalised it could threaten religious freedom in a way last seen during "centuries of persecution" of Catholics in Britain.
12 January 2013
Illinois Republican party chairman refuses to resign over same-sex marriage support 12 The Chairman of the Republican Party (GOP) in the state of Illinois has rejected calls for him to resign for supporting same-sex marriage.
11 January 2013
Anti-gay Rhode Island Catholic bishop criticises governor over equal marriage veto threat 23 The leader of Rhode Island's Roman Catholic Diocese says state Governor Lincoln Chafee is wrong to threaten to veto legislation that would put equal marriage to a popular vote.
11 January 2013
France: Comedian who claims to be pro-gay plans to rally 200,000 against equal marriage 32 An anti-equal marriage movement in France, which has organised a rally this weekend hoping to bring out 200,000 demonstrators, has found a leader in a comedian who has denied accusations of homophobia.
11 January 2013
David Cameron supports bid for London to host 2018 Gay Games 21 David Cameron has voiced his support for a bid aiming to have the Gay Games brought to London in 2018.
11 January 2013
Chilean Bishop says gay ‘domestic partnerships bring the destruction of human beings’ 20 A Chilean Bishop spoke out earlier this week to say that domestic partnerships, as per recently proposed legislation, would bring the "destruction of human beings".

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