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12 July 2012
Jon Voight backs Brad Pitt’s mother on anti-gay marriage letter 40 Jon Voight, Angelina Jolie's father, has backed her husband's mother's opposition to gay marriage.
11 July 2012
Russia: Group calls for Facebook ban over gay marriage icon 53 Religious activists in Russia are calling for a nationwide ban on Facebook now the social network allows gay couples to use an icon to represent their marriage.
11 July 2012
Irish prime minister refuses to take view on equal marriage 17 The Irish prime minister, the Taoiseach Enda Kenny has said he will not be drawn into taking a position on whether marriage should be available to gay couples before a constitutional convention examines the issue.
11 July 2012
Northern Ireland: Equal marriage campaign group launched 13 A new campaigning group, Equal Marriage NI, has been launched to push for marriage equality between gay and straight couples in Northern Ireland.
11 July 2012
Vince Cable: ‘Difficult’ to justify gay marriage ban 91 Liberal Democrat Business Secretary Vince Cable has said he believes the current system of civil partnerships for gay couples is 'fine', but that it is 'difficult' to justify a ban on gay civil marriages and will support plans to lift it.
10 July 2012
US: Most Utah voters back legal recognition for gay couples – but not marriage 7 Polling shows that 71 per cent of Utah voters support some form of legal recognition for gay couples.
10 July 2012
Scotland: Anti-gay marriage group’s ‘honest’ poll criticised 58 Claims by the anti-marriage equality group Scotland for Marriage that a new poll shows majority opposition to equal marriage have been called 'flawed and misleading' by the Equality Network.
10 July 2012
Cotswolds: Anger as council shuts down discussion on equal marriage motion 60 An angry exchange has taken place at a meeting of the Cotswolds District Council in Gloucestershire after discussion of the issue of marriage for gay couples was quashed by leaders.
10 July 2012
US: Episcopal Church bishops approve blessing for gay couples 4 Leading bishops of the two million-strong Episcopal Church in the US have approved a blessing for the relationships of gay couples.
10 July 2012
US: Washington state marriage equality supporters raise $1m in June + The Washington United for Marriage raised nearly $1 million last month in its bid to keep Washington's recently-passed marriage equality laws on the statute books following news that a public ballot will be held on the issue later this year.
10 July 2012
Ireland: 734 civil partnerships since introduction last year 26 1,468 gays and lesbians in Ireland have taken advantage of the country's new civil partnerships law, which came into force in 2011.
10 July 2012
Poll: Third of gay and trans Canadians in a same-sex marriage 17 A Canadian poll has suggested that 5 percent of the 34 million people living in Canada identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender, and that a third of those are in a gay marriage.
10 July 2012
Polynesia: Anglican Church to take view on gay weddings in 2014 5 The General Synod of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia has indicated that a decision will not be made on the issue of marriage rights for gay couples until 2014.
9 July 2012
Scotland: Symbolic gay wedding marks ‘final push’ for marriage equality 15 A symbolic same-sex wedding was held outside the Scottish Parliament on the morning after the leader of the Catholic Church in Scotland “declared war” on equal marriage.
9 July 2012
Archbishop of Canterbury questions mandate for equal marriage rights 71 The outgoing Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has questioned the government's mandate for the introduction of equal marriage rights between gay and straight couples.
8 July 2012
Scotland: Catholic Church declares ‘war on gay marriage’ 215 The leader of the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland and the most senior Catholic in the UK has declared “war on gay marriage” pledging to spend another £100,000 in its campaign against equal marriage rights for same-sex couples in Scotland.
7 July 2012
New York: Court rejects marriage equality challenge 11 A New York court has dismissed an evangelical group's challenge to the city's marriage equality laws.
5 July 2012
US: Episcopal Church to debate blessing for gay couples 2 The Episcopal Church in the US is to debate a blessing rite for gay couples who wish to marry.
5 July 2012
Evening Standard backs religious marriage rights for gay couples 14 The Evening Standard has backed marriage rights for gay couples in religious ceremonies today.
5 July 2012
Scotland: Former first minister backs marriage for gay couples 18 Scotland’s former First Minister, Jack McConnell, has called on the Scottish Government to introduce legislation which would allow gay couples to marry.

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