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14 February 2013
Video: Green MP Caroline Lucas comes @Out4Marriage and trans inclusion at Parliament 1 After casting her vote in favour of equal marriage at last Tuesday's vote on it in the House of Commons, Green MP Caroline Lucas gave an impassioned speech to LGBT rights advocates.
14 February 2013
Comment: Happy Valentine’s Day from @Out4Marriage! #WillYouMarryMe m’Lord? 8 James-J Walsh, Campaigns Director for Out4Marriage reflects on giving evidence at the Public Bills Committee for equal marriage, and details what you can do next in the last stages of the move towards marriage equality.
14 February 2013
Lord Pannick: Forcing churches to perform same-sex weddings would be ‘more difficult than parting the Red Sea’ 17 A top Blackstone lawyer and peer has given evidence to the Public Bill Committee scrutinising the same-sex marriage bill to the effect that succeeding in a court case against a church that refuses to opt-in to same-sex weddings would be legally impossible.
13 February 2013
Thailand: Public hearings on civil unions begin 6 A series of public hearings in Thailand to discuss the possibility of establishing civil partnerships for gay couples has been taking place in Bangkok.
13 February 2013
US: Mayor of Atlanta admits that he was ‘wrong’ to oppose equal marriage in the past 4 The Mayor of Atlanta, who recently announced he had changed his stance to support equal marriage, has said he feels he "was wrong" to have opposed equal marriage in the past, in favour of civil unions.
13 February 2013
Illinois Senate prepares for Valentine’s Day equal marriage vote 1 The Illinois Senate will vote tomorrow - Valentine's Day - on whether to legalise same-sex marriage.
13 February 2013
Comment: Reflections on speaking out for equal marriage before a committee of MPs tasked with changing the law 27 PinkNews and Out4Marriage founder Benjamin Cohen, reflects on giving evidence at the Public Bills Committee for equal marriage.
13 February 2013
Tory MP Henry Smith: MPs who abstained in the same-sex marriage vote are ‘chickens’ 31 Conservative MP Henry Smith has described MPs who abstained in last week’s vote of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill as “chickens”.
13 February 2013
UK: Conservative councillor Mormon brothers leave party over equal marriage 56 Two Mormon councillors in Warwickshire, who are also brothers, have quit the Conservative Party over its support for same-sex marriage.
13 February 2013
Associated Press updates its style guide on whether to call married gay couples ‘husband’ or ‘wife’ 24 Same-sex couples in marriages or civil partnerships should not be classified as “husband” and “wife” according to the Associated Press’ style guide – unless they already use the terms.
12 February 2013
Tory MP David Burrowes: PinkNews is ‘fomenting abuse’ against equal marriage opponents 92 Tory MP David Burrows has accused PinkNews of "fomenting hostility" against the opponents of equal marriage.
12 February 2013
Michael Gove seeks to reassure Tory equal marriage critics in front of committee 13 Education Secretary Michael Gove has again sought to reassure critical Conservative MPs that the government’s same-sex marriage bill for England and Wales poses no threat to teachers who disagree with the reform.
12 February 2013
Coalition for Marriage: ‘The equal marriage bill is causing a shortage of teachers’ 59 Whilst giving evidence to the The Public Bill Committee of the House of Commons around the equal marriage bill, the Coalition for Marriage blamed potential marriage equality for a shortage of teachers.
12 February 2013
Stonewall boss: Civil partnerships haven’t reduced homophobia so we need equal marriage 33 The chief executive of Stonewall says his charity’s support for equal marriage stems from the failure of civil partnership legalisation to reduce homophobia in British society.
12 February 2013
French National Assembly approves equal marriage bill 12 France took a step closer to legalising equal marriage and adoptions for same sex couples, as its National Assembly approved a bill to do so, during its second reading today.
12 February 2013
France: National Assembly expected to pass equal marriage bill 2 France could take another step closer to legalising marriage equality, as its National Assembly is set to vote on a measure to legalise it this afternoon.
12 February 2013
UK: Same-sex marriage bill to face scrutiny from Commons committee by MPs with mixed views on equality 24 The Public Bill Committee of the House of Commons – made up of MPs who both have spoken against and in favour of LGBT equality – begins the task of scrutinising the government’s equal marriage bill this afternoon.
11 February 2013
US: Colorado Senate prepares for final vote on civil unions 2 The Senate House in the US state of Colorado is preparing for what could be its final vote on a measure to introduce civil unions for same-sex couples.
10 February 2013
Senior Tory town councillor quits over equal marriage vote 16 A senior Conservative Party town councillor has quit the party because of his opposition to equal marriage, a bill to legalise which was resoundingly accepted at second reading by a large majority in the House of Commons on Tuesday.
10 February 2013
Tory MP: Same-sex marriage will damage youth who will grow out of a ‘normal gay phase’ 69 Conservative MP for Tonbridge and Malling, Sir John Stanley, has claimed that homosexuality is a 'normal phase' for youngsters before become heterosexual in later life.

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