by Jen | Nov 19, 2013 | News, Overseas commentary, World news
A look at the historic November 18, 2003 ruling in GLAD’s case Goodridge v. DPH which made Massachusetts the first state in the U.S. where same-sex couples could marry. The video celebrates the powerful and beautiful decision authored by then Chief Justice...
by Jen | Nov 19, 2013 | News, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions, World news
Boston — Today, Monday, Nov. 18, we celebrate the 10th anniversary of a pivotal moment in our nation’s history. On that day, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court handed down its decision in Goodridge v. Department of Public Health, which paved the way for same-sex...
by Jen | Nov 13, 2013 | News, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions, World news
Supporters celebrate after Hawaii’s senate approved a bill allowing same-sex marriage to be legal in the state. The Hawaiian senate passed a bill on Tuesday legalising same-sex marriage, putting the state a signature away from becoming a same-sex wedding...
by Jen | Oct 27, 2013 | News, World news
Tens of thousands of demonstrators, many displaying rainbows and glitter, thronged the centre of Taiwan’s capital on Saturday to press demands to legalise same-sex marriage amid an increasingly tolerant environment on the island nation. Organisers and...
by Jen | Oct 20, 2013 | News, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions, World news
Gary Sabock, left, and his partner, Joshua Bloom, were already getting ready Saturday for their marriage in New Jersey Monday. Romance and bureaucracy are rarely a good match. But this weekend, gay couples in New Jersey are hurrying to overcome administrative hurdles,...
by Jen | Oct 20, 2013 | News, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions, World news
Same-sex couples can start marrying on Monday across New Jersey, after the state’s Supreme Court denied Gov. Chris Christie’s attempt to block the weddings and suggested that he would have a difficult time winning an appeal of a lower-court ruling that allowed them. A...
