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21 June 2012
Southern Baptists opposed to viewing equal marriage as a civil rights issue 26 The US Southern Baptist Convention has adopted a resolution at its annual conference criticising marriage equality advocates who have adopted the 'rhetoric of the civil rights movement' and drawn comparisons between discrimination against gay couples and racism.
21 June 2012
Australia: Census records nearly 34,000 gay couples 22 Data from Australia's 2011 census have been released today and show 33,714 gay couples, 1,338 of whom are married.
20 June 2012
Australia: MP wishes wife a happy anniversary in speech against marriage for gay couples 52 Australian MP John Murphy paused during a speech in which he opposed equal marriage rights for gay couples to wish his own wife a happy anniversary on Monday.
20 June 2012
Chief Rabbi’s opposition to marriage equality and civil partnerships ‘regrettable’ 22 The Chief Rabbi's response to the government's public consultation on marriage equality, in which both marriage for gay couples and civil partnerships were opposed, has been described as 'regrettable' by Liberal Judaism.
20 June 2012
Mormons say equal marriage would have ‘negative implications’ for UK 80 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints filed a response to the government's public consultation on how to introduce marriage equality, saying gay couples should be excluded for the "good of society" and warning that the move will have "negative implications for the nation, both legal and social".
20 June 2012
Video: Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg says equal marriage no longer a matter of ‘if’ in @Out4Marriage video 45 The Deputy Prime Minister and leader of the Liberal Democrats, Nick Clegg, has reiterated his support for marriage equality between gay and straight couples in England and Wales, affirming that it is no longer a question of 'if' the move will go ahead.
18 June 2012
Italian footballer Claudio Marchisio backs equal marriage 13 Claudio Marchisio, a midfielder on Italy's national squad has spoken out in favour of equal marriage rights for gay couples, a week after a team-mate said he hoped there were no gays on their team.
18 June 2012
Barnardo’s chief ‘incensed’ by idea straight marriage is best environment to raise children 29 The chief executive of children's charity Barnardo's has said she is 'incensed' by arguments that marriage should be reserved for straight couples as they 'automatically' provide the best environment for bringing up a child.
17 June 2012
Anglican Mainstream: Gays marrying will lead to children being taught about ‘eating human faeces’ 180 Writing about her letter to her MP, Dr Lisa Nolland, lay minister and blogger for Anglican Mainstream, has claimed that legalising same-sex marriage will lead to children being taught risky sexual practises in school, including "eating human faeces".
16 June 2012
Home Office Minister Nick Herbert: Churches should be allowed to marry gay couples 39 Nick Herbert the Minister for Policing at the Home Office and Ministry of Justice has said that churches that wish to solemnise marriages of gay couples should be allowed to do so.
14 June 2012
Opening marriage to gay couples ‘would improve sexual health’ 60 The HIV and sexual health charity Terrence Higgins Trust has said today that allowing gay couples an equal right to marry as straight couples would improve the nation's sexual health.
13 June 2012
Possibility of gay religious weddings welcomed 15 The possibility of gay couples being allowed to marry in religious weddings has been welcomed following prisons minister Crispin Blunt's suggestion that a blanket bar could be 'problematic legally' and support for religious ceremonies by David Cameron's Parliamentary private secretary.
13 June 2012
Northern Ireland: Peer calls homosexuality ‘a rung on the ladder to bestiality’ 55 The Ulster Unionist Party has distanced itself from comments made by Lord Maginnis this morning that marriage for gay couples was something 'unnatural' that would be 'imposed' on society, calling it a 'rung on the ladder' to bestiality.
13 June 2012
Video: Newly married couple deliver anti-gay marriage petition to Downing Street 144 The Coalition for Marriage, the campaign which opposes giving gay and straight couples an equal right to marry, recruited a newly-wed couple to deliver their petition to Downing Street yesterday.
12 June 2012
Author defends study said to have been ‘flawed and misleading’ about gay parents 41 The author of a US study which appeared to link an increased likelihood of negative life experiences in adults who grew up with a gay parent compared with those who grew up with married, straight parents has defended his study in the face of strong criticism.
12 June 2012
Report: 71 percent of Britons back equal marriage rights for gay couples 58 In a report released by Stonewall today, a YouGov poll has found 71 percent of people approve of the government's plans to allow gay couples to marry, and the same number want faiths to be able to perform gay weddings ceremonies if they choose.
12 June 2012
Tory MP calls for equal marriage consultation to be started again 42 A Conservative MP in Kent has called on the Home Office to start its public consultation marriage equality between gay and straight couples again with a more rigorous system.
12 June 2012
Church of England: Marriage equality proposals ‘legally and conceptually flawed’ 128 The Church of England has said allowing gay couples to marry in civil ceremonies will "dilute the meaning of marriage for everyone" and put its role performing marriages on behalf of the state in jeopardy.
11 June 2012
Australian prime minister: Not all loving relationships need marriage certificates 87 Australian prime minister Julia Gillard, who is personally opposed to marriage rights for gay couples, has told the father of a gay man that not all loving relationships need to be recognised as marriages.
8 June 2012
Comment: Equal marriage is a logical, gentle and momentous step, writes Lynne Featherstone 225 Writing exclusively for PinkNews.co.uk, Equalities Minister Lynne Featherstone says Britain is "ready for change" and asks the community to have its say before the government consultation closes.

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