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28 February 2013
Minnesota congressman: homosexuality is an ‘unhealthy sexual addiction’ 47 Minnesota Republican congressman Glenn Gruenhagen has said that homosexuality is a choice and a form of sexual addiction.
26 February 2013
US: Pro-marriage equality GOP lawmaker dismisses $500,000 threat from anti-gay group 11 A Republican state Senator from Minnesota who said he would vote for equal marriage and was the target of a new pledge by anti-equality group the National Organization for Marriage to defeat him, has said he will not bow to the financial pressure.
7 February 2013
US: Campaigners plan to pump $2 million into efforts to legalise equal marriage 6 In the US, a New York based equal marriage advocacy group has laid out plans to pump funds into several states' legislative battles to legalise equal marriage.
18 January 2013
US: Boeing will now allow pension survivor benefits for same-sex couples 2 Boeing, one of the world’s largest aircraft manufacturers, has reversed a previous decision to deny pension survivor benefits for married same-sex couples.
3 December 2012
US: County holds lottery for first gay couples to receive marriage licenses + Ten Washington couples will be among the first to receive marriage licenses, as the new equal marriage law comes into effect at 12.01am on Thursday morning.
28 November 2012
US: Washington marriage certificates to reflect legalisation of same-sex marriage 7 Washington State's Department of Health is currently reviewing the text displayed on marriage certificates, with a view to bring it in line with recently introduced equal marriage law.
25 November 2012
Video: Morgan Freeman says journey towards equal rights ‘has just begun’ 3 Morgan Freeman features in a new video for the Human Rights Campaign, a charity in support of equal marriage rights, in which he says the journey towards equality "has just begun".
21 November 2012
US: Baltimore launches LGBT wedding planner, invites same-sex couples to marry there 5 Officials from Baltimore's tourism board have launched an LGBT wedding planner, with a view to compete with other states in which equal marriage is legal, and to attract same-sex couples to marry there.
16 November 2012
US: Catholic Church denies teenager confirmation until he publicly denounces gay equality 104 A teenage Catholic boy has been banned from confirmation after he posted a photograph on Facebook urging people to vote for equal marriage rights.
14 November 2012
Comment: Why ‘straight’ Bob Filner will be better for San Diego than ‘gay’ Carl DeMaio 15 Writing for PinkNews.co.uk, Laurence Watts assesses last week’s defeat of Carl DeMaio, a gay Republican who was running to become Mayor of San Diego.
11 November 2012
US: Pastor arrested, accused of sexually assaulting subjects of ‘gay cure’ counselling 6 A Minnesota pastor was arrested, and appeared in court, after two men who were receiving counselling as "treatment" for their “homosexual tendencies," reported sexual assault.
9 November 2012
Vatican paper brushes off equal marriage victories 32 The semi-official newspaper of the Holy See, L’Osservatore Romano, is seeking to downplay this week’s equal marriage victories in the US and Europe.
9 November 2012
US: Equal marriage opponents in Washington admit defeat 15 Opponents of the equal marriage referendum in the state of Washington on Thursday conceded that they had lost in their battle to prevent it from becoming law.
8 November 2012
Analysis: A new dawn for LGBT America 5 After an extraordinary US election result with voters in three states passing equal marriage rights for gay couples, Scott Roberts sums up the highlights of an incredible week for America.
7 November 2012
US 2012: Washington state passes same-sex marriage 13 On a momentous night for LGBT equality, the US west coast state of Washington followed Maine and Maryland in passing a referendum in support of marriage rights for gay couples, and Minnesota voted against outlawing equal marriage.
7 November 2012
US 2012: Maryland legalises same-sex marriage 14 The US state of Maryland has voted in favour of civil equal marriage in a public referendum.
6 November 2012
US 2012: LGBT history in the making 17 Election Day has arrived in the United States with millions of Americans going to the polls to vote for the country’s next president, along with landmark public referendums on equal marriage taking place in four different states.
5 November 2012
US: Chris Kluwe quits blog because of anti-equal marriage editorial 7 NFL player, Chris Kluwe, has quit his blog at an online daily newspaper, due to an editorial published by the site's editors which, he said, expresses an anti-equal marriage stance which goes against the political neutrality it claims to have.
2 November 2012
US: Michael Bloomberg endorses Barack Obama for presidential election 2 On Thursday, New York Mayor, Michael Bloomberg, endorsed Barack Obama for the US presidential election, citing a need for strong leadership, and President Obama's support for equal marriage.
1 November 2012
Governor O’Malley: Equal marriage law has a ‘real shot at prevailing’ in Maryland 9 Governor Martin O'Malley, a strong supporter of the campaign to legalise equal marriage in the state of Maryland has said he thinks that if it keeps raising money, it is possible that the campaign will succeed.

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