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3 January 2013
Tory MP: Gay couples are being treated ‘equally’ – so there’s no need for same-sex marriage 86 Following a meeting with community religious leaders, Conservative MP John Stevenson says he remains opposed to equal marriage.
3 January 2013
UK: Teenage campaigner gathers support for marriage equality on Boxing Day 9 A gay teenage marriage equality campaigner collected signatures on Boxing Day, after learning that her local MP was to vote against marriage equality, and found that many of his constituents support equal marriage.
3 January 2013
Republican Chairman: It is time for people to support marriage equality 12 A Republican Party chairman has urged lawmakers to get behind a proposal to legalise marriage equality in Illinois.
2 January 2013
Westboro Baptist Church protest at gay weddings in Maryland 15 The anti-gay Westboro Baptist Church staged a demonstration against equal marriage in Maryland on Wednesday – with gay couples now legally able to marry in the state.
2 January 2013
US: Transgender man faces difficulty in getting divorced from wife 25 Thomas Beatie, a transgender father of three, is fighting an Arizona judge to get a divorce from his wife of nine years, Nancy Beatie, with a decision due next month.
2 January 2013
Tory MP Henry Smith: I’m against same-sex marriage, but I’m no homophobe 135 Conservative MP Henry Smith claims he’s “no homophobe” after encountering criticism to his opposition to equal marriage.
1 January 2013
Comment: A lesson on equal marriage for the Archbishop of Westminster by a gay teacher 69 Gay teacher Richard Queripel explains in an open letter to the head of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales how wrong he is to use the teaching of marriage in schools as an argument against allowing same-sex couples to get married.
31 December 2012
Maryland: Couples await midnight for state’s first same-sex marriages 7 Numerous gay couples across Maryland will be celebrating the New Year with a bumper toast as they share the occasion with their marriages, the first to be conducted following the a referendum to legislate for marriage equality.
31 December 2012
Comment: The leadership of the Catholic Church are hate-fuelled bigots 116 In light of today’s dramatic announcement that Pope Benedict XVI intends to step down – let us point you to this PinkNews comment piece by Adrian Tippetts – published at the end of last year about the Catholic Church’s leadership.
31 December 2012
Catholic Church tells worshippers to bombard MPs with letters telling them to vote against gay equality 96 For the first time, the leader of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales has told worshipers to bombard MPs with letters to lobby them to vote against introducing same-sex marriage.
30 December 2012
Catholic think tank: Same-sex marriage denies children the right to be raised by their parents 50 The Irish Catholic think tank the Iona Institute, has released a video and a document that argues that gay couples should be banned from marrying "for the sake of the children." It also argues that same-sex marriage could lead to children not being brought up by their parents.
30 December 2012
Video: The first couples to have same-sex marriages celebrate in Maine 2 Michael Snell and Steven Bridges of Portland were among the first gay couples to marry in the US state of Maine after same-sex marriage became legal in the early hours of yesterday morning.
30 December 2012
Obama calls on home-state of Illinois to make same-sex marriage legal 11 A spokesman for Barack Obama says that the president has encouraged politicians in his home state to change the law to make marriage equal.
29 December 2012
Catholic Church: Children will be damaged by gay couples marrying in Britain 188 A letter to be read to worshipers in Roman Catholic Churches across Birmingham will say that the Government has not considered the damage to be done to children by allowing gay couples to marry in England and Wales as well as Scotland.
28 December 2012
Comment: BBC News was biased against same-sex marriage over Christmas 77 Writing for PinkNews.co.uk, David Mason says the BBC News' coverage of equal marriage was not balanced over the festive period with opponents being given excessive airtime.
28 December 2012
US Radio host: Gay rights is killing children 81 Linda Harvey, a host of the Ohio based Christian radio station WRFD has warned that the gay rights movement in the United States is leading children into sin and ultimately their untimely death.
28 December 2012
Maine: City Halls prepare for midnight openings to issue same-sex marriage licences 10 Town and city halls in the US state of Maine will be opening at midnight on Saturday to issue licences for couples to hold same-sex marriages.
28 December 2012
Maryland: Business turns away all wedding bookings instead of having to cater for gay couples 23 A business in the Annapolis, the state capital of Maryland, has decided to turn down all wedding related bookings to prevent a legal challenge from banning same-sex couples trying to use his trolleys for their wedding.
28 December 2012
Poll: 71% of Tory members say equal marriage is splitting the party 35 A poll carried out by the ConservativeHome website has found that 71% believe same-sex marriage is splitting the Tory party.
27 December 2012
Anti-gay marriage Tory MP Tim Loughton: Marriage is a ‘gift of God’ 96 Former children’s minister Tim Loughton has defended his opposition to equal marriage and has described the Church of England's marriage service as “a gift of God in creation through which husband and wife may know the grace of God”.

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