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25 January 2013
Yvette Cooper: I’m glad to be supporting the government’s same-sex marriage bill 10 Yvette Cooper, Labour’s shadow home secretary, has welcomed the publication of the government’s Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill.
25 January 2013
US: Separated lesbian couple to testify on behalf of sperm donor ordered to pay child support 6 A Separated lesbian couple have both been summoned to testify on behalf of a sperm donor, with whom they had made a written agreement, but who was ordered to pay child support after they split up.
25 January 2013
Comment: As Quakers we rejoice at the Government’s bill to make same-sex marriage legal 28 Paul Parker, the Recording Clerk for Quakers in Britain writes for PinkNews on the joy he and his organisation feels now that the the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill has been published.
25 January 2013
Government publishes same-sex marriage bill for England & Wales 51 The government’s Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill for England and Wales has officially been published.
25 January 2013
Maria Miller: Teachers won’t be forced to promote same-sex marriage but they must not discriminate or offend 22 Maria Miller, the culture secretary and minister for equalities has attempted to dampen fears that teachers could face action for telling children they oppose same-sex marriages.
24 January 2013
Rhode Island’s House of Representatives passes same-sex marriage bill 10 Rhode Island's House of Representatives has this evening overwhelmingly passed a same-sex marriage equality bill.
24 January 2013
Politician: I want a tolerant Northern Ireland — but I’m against gay marriage and civil partnerships 53 Democratic Unionist Party MLA Jonathan Bell says he wants Northern Ireland to be "a tolerant and inclusive society" but claims there are “no grounds to redefine marriage”.
24 January 2013
Same-sex marriage bill introduced in House of Commons 86 The government’s Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill for England and Wales has officially been introduced in the House of Commons by Culture Secretary Maria Miller.
24 January 2013
US: Gay civil unions bill passes first vote in Colorado 9 On Wednesday, a bill to legalise civil unions in the US state of Colorado passed its first vote, bring the state one step closer to allowing same-sex unions.
23 January 2013
Comment: The boundaries of tolerance 20 Don't be fooled by the victim narrative of religious lobby groups, writes Adrian Tippetts for PinkNews.
23 January 2013
US: Colorado could vote on civil unions this week 2 Colorado lawmakers will soon vote on a measure to allow gay couples civil unions.
23 January 2013
Scotland: SNP local chair quits over Scottish equal marriage proposals 28 A Scottish National Party official has resigned after 22 years, and said that one of his reasons for doing so was Alex Salmond's plans to legalise equal marriage.
23 January 2013
Exclusive: Philip Hammond: Government’s marriage reforms don’t protect faith groups 54 The defence secretary says he has “concerns" about the government’s proposed equal marriage bill - and faces an equal marriage protest at the University of London this Friday.
23 January 2013
Tory MP calls for Equality Act changes to prevent repeat of Facebook anti-equal marriage dismissal 19 Conservative MP Edward Leigh wants to amend the Equality Act to prevent discrimination on the grounds of a person's definition of marriage, citing the case of a manager fired for saying he was against equal marriage on Facebook.
23 January 2013
Tory MP Tim Loughton: Gay people have told me they ‘don’t want to get married’ 73 Former children’s minister Tim Loughton has restated his opposition to equal marriage and has once again said: “marriage is a relationship between a man and a woman.”
23 January 2013
US: Rhode Island state house committee ‘resoundingly endorses’ equal marriage bill 6 The US state of Rhode Island was one step closer to legalising equal marriage, after its House Judiciary Committee unanimously approved a bill which would make it legal.
23 January 2013
Taiwan: Gay couple withdraw lawsuit against the state for ban on equal marriage 2 A gay couple in Taiwan who filed a lawsuit last year after being rejected in their application for marriage, have said they will withdraw their case tomorrow.
23 January 2013
Israel: Anti-gay marriage Jewish Home party wins seats in general election 8 The Jewish Home party (Habayit Hayehudi), is predicted to have won 12 seats, less than was originally expected, in the Israeli general election held on Tuesday.
22 January 2013
Long-standing Tory local chairman quits over equal marriage ‘attack on family values’ 17 A long time local chairman for the Conservative party has resigned over the coalition government's efforts to legalise marriage equality, saying the Prime Minster had "lost touch" with his party and attacked "family values".
22 January 2013
New Zealand: Conservative Party leader calls for referendum on equal marriage debate 12 The leader of New Zealand's Conservative Party has said that the "international debate" around equal marriage was reason enough to slow down the progress of the country's equal marriage bill, which is currently being considered by a select committee.

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