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23 August 2012
Bishop of Buckingham: ‘Church should get its head around gay relationships and be @Out4Marriage’ 68 The Bishop of Buckingham has become the most senior member of the Church of England to join the Out4Marriage campaign to introduce equal same-sex marriage in the UK.
12 August 2012
Australia: Premiers of South Australia and Tasmania promise same-sex marriage 11 The premiers of South Australia and Tasmania say that they will legislate to introduce same-sex marriage regardless of what Australian federal prime minister Julia Gillard or parliament does.
7 August 2012
Tory poll: Dropping equal marriage and Lords reforms ‘seventh best election idea’ 73 A survey by the grassroots Tory website ConservativeHome suggests dropping reform of the House of Lords and equal marriage rights for gay couples ranks seventh among readers in a list of ways to improve the party's chances at the next general election.
6 August 2012
Dallas gay couple stage second marriage protest + A gay couple in Dallas, Texas, have staged a second sit-in protest over marriage equality.
6 August 2012
Australia: Tasmania to legislate for equal marriage rights if federal bill fails 11 The Parliament of Tasmania may pass equal marriage laws for the island's gay couples after the Australian state's premier announced support for the move.
6 August 2012
France: Catholic Church opposes gay adoption in revived national prayer 42 The Catholic Church in France is reviving a tradition begun in the 17th century of praying for the country on 15 August to hope the government does not listen to "special requests" and to oppose gay adoption.
5 August 2012
Catholic Bishop: Government should make incest legal if it really believes in equality 191 A senior Catholic Bishop in Scotland has stunned equal rights campaigners by suggesting that if the Scottish Government truly believed in equality it would make incest and polygamy legal.
3 August 2012
US band Train speak out about anti-gay website’s use of song 12 San Francisco band, Train, are “upset” that their song “Marry Me” was used on a New Zealand website set up in opposition gay marriage.
3 August 2012
Comment: Christians, we should have been first to back equal marriage 66 Mastin Kipp, founder of The Daily Love, says Jesus' message was 'about Love, not rules and regulations', and argues Christians should be the first to let their neighbours marry.
3 August 2012
Maryland: Poll suggests 54 percent will keep equal marriage at referendum 10 A poll released by marriage equality advocates in Maryland suggests voters may keep the state's new laws in a ballot later this year, allowing them to come into effect in 2013.
2 August 2012
Gay rights activists organise Chick-fil-A kiss-ins 39 On Friday, gay rights activists will stage a ‘kiss-in’ in front of, and inside branches of fast food chain Chick-fil-A across America.
1 August 2012
New Zealand: Equal marriage bill ‘likely to pass first reading’ 19 A member's bill selected for a vote in the New Zealand parliament reportedly has enough support from MPs to pass its first reading.
1 August 2012
Connecticut federal court finds DOMA unconstitutional 7 A US federal court in Connecticut has become the latest to find the Defense of Marriage Act, which forbids recognition of gay marriages at the national level, unconstitutional.
31 July 2012
‘Vocal minority’ of Tories fear equal marriage will alienate volunteers 67 The chair of the body which represents volunteers in the Conservative Party and a backbench MP have voiced fears that the government's commitment to marriage equality for gay couples could alienate local activists.
31 July 2012
New civil partnerships in the UK up six percent in 2011 19 The number of civil partnerships entered into in the UK in 2011 was 6,795, an increase of 6.4 per cent on the previous year.
30 July 2012
US: Democrats move to adopt same-sex marriage as official party platform 9 The US Democrats are expected to back same-sex marriage part of their official party platform.
30 July 2012
US: Catholic diocese backs out of mansion sale on gay wedding fear 54 An estate agent acting for a Catholic diocese in the US state of Massachusetts accidentally revealed to a gay couple that their purchase of a 44-room estate had fallen through on the anti-gay concerns of the priests.
30 July 2012
New Zealand: Prime minister to support MP’s equal marriage bill 16 New Zealand's prime minister, John Key, has said he will support a member's bill selected for a vote in the House of Representatives that would legalise marriages between two people of the same sex.
29 July 2012
Vietnam considers legal recognition for gay couples 22 Vietnam's Communist government is considering whether to legalise marriage or civil registration for gay couples.
27 July 2012
Video: Cotswolds councillors appeal for equal marriage debate 18 Liberal Democrat local councillors in the Cotswolds have appealed over a lack of engagement at the local council with the issue of same-sex marriages.

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