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29 January 2013
Introducing equal marriage could boost UK economy by £18 million 15 Ministers speaking in support of equal marriage claimed today that it could give the British economy a boost of as much as £18 million per year.
29 January 2013
Catholic Archbishop of San Francisco: Allowing gays to marry ‘is like legalising male breastfeeding’ 139 Legislating for equal marriage is like legalising male breastfeeding, according to the Catholic Archbishop of San Francisco Salvatore Cordileone.
28 January 2013
Philip Hammond denies same-sex marriage incest claims 66 A spokesman for Defence Secretary Philip Hammond has denied claims that he compared same-sex marriage to incest.
28 January 2013
Hawaii: Lawmakers to choose between legalising or banning equal marriage 4 Hawaiian lawmakers have submitted four pieces of legislation: two legalising and two banning equal marriage.
28 January 2013
US: Lesbian wife of Fort Bragg officer gets membership offer and ‘Spouse of the Year’ award 2 The lesbian wife of an officer at Fort Bragg has won the Spouse of the Year award and been invited to join the military spouses' club that originally rebuffed her.
28 January 2013
Irish equality minister supports equal marriage, and calls for reform of gay parenting law 5 The Irish minister for Justice and Equality has voiced his support for equal marriage for gay couples, and said there is a need to reform and "bring clarity" to issues surrounding gay parenting.
28 January 2013
Poll: 75% of Irish people support equal marriage 18 Support for equal marriage has risen substantially in Ireland, and now three quarters of the population would vote yes in a referendum to extend marriage rights to same-sex couples, a new poll suggests.
28 January 2013
UK: Catholics hand out 1 million anti-gay marriage postcards 75 A million anti-gay marriage postcards were handed out at Catholic masses over the weekend.
28 January 2013
France: Cartoon characters share gay kisses at equal marriage rally 5 Famous cartoon characters were paired up in same-sex couples in a display as part of a rally for equal marriage in France.
28 January 2013
Church in Wales hints that one day it may agree to marry gay couples 9 The Church in Wales has responded to the publication of the government’s Marriage (Same Sex Couples Bill) and says the proposals give it scope to consider sanctioning marriages for gay couples in the future.
28 January 2013
Church of England: The government has ‘no mandate’ for its same-sex marriage bill 42 The Church of England has responded to the publication of the government’s Marriage (Same Sex Couples Bill) and has complained that it wasn’t given enough time to study the proposals in full ahead of last week’s announcement.
28 January 2013
Exclusive: Defence Secretary Philip Hammond links incest with same-sex marriage 122 Defence Secretary Philip Hammond has told students in Surrey that allowing gay couples to marry would be like sanctioning incest.
27 January 2013
Iain Dale: Trust civil servants to bugger up same-sex marriage by not including consummation 92 LBC presenter and Conservative Party commentator Iain Dale, who supports the introduction of same-sex marriage, worries that the Government is presenting a flawed bill to the House of Commons.
27 January 2013
France: A quarter of a million rally for same-sex marriage in Paris and Lyon 39 As many as a quarter of a million people have gathered in the French cities of Paris and Lyon to support plans to introduce same-sex marriage equality.
26 January 2013
Introducing equal marriage in England and Wales to cost the tax payer up to £4.7m 59 The Government has said that the costs of introducing same-sex marriage in England and Wales will cost between £3.3m and £4.7m. The assessment, promised by the Government during the consultation process, is not as large a figure as some opponents of equal marriage had claimed introducing equality would cost.
26 January 2013
Peter Tatchell: The equal marriage bill is commendable, but flawed 135 Peter Tatchell commends the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill, but outlines reasons why the option of civil partnerships for heterosexual couples, to avoid a legal imbalance, should be considered.
25 January 2013
Comment: The same-sex marriage bill isn’t the end of the journey towards gay rights 53 Chris Ashford, Reader in Law and Society at the University of Sunderland analyses the Marriage (Same sex Couples) Bill for PinkNews and argues that despite first appearances, it isn't the final piece of the jigsaw to achieving gay equality.
25 January 2013
Comment: Religious opponents of equality should follow the Unitarian Church and agree to marry gay couples 18 The Chief Officer of the General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches hopes that other faith groups will follow his organisation's lead and agree to marry gay couples.
25 January 2013
Brendon Ayanbadejo: I want to use Super Bowl media for equal marriage awareness 7 NFL player, and equal marriage advocate, Brendon Ayanbadejo, has said that he wants to use the massive exposure which the Super Bowl brings to speak out about marriage equality.
25 January 2013
Labour MP Steve Reed: The battle for equality is not yet over 7 Writing for PinkNews, Steve Reed, Labour MP for Croydon North and Patron of LGBT Labour welcomes the publication of the government’s Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill – but warns “this is no time to rest on our achievements.”

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