by Jen | Jul 4, 2013 | News, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions, World news
‘Doctor Who’ star John Barrowman has married his partner of 20 years, Scott Gill. The actor announced the news on photo and video-sharing site WhoSay and thanked the Supreme Court for making marriage legal in California. John Barrowman and his partner...
by Jen | Jun 30, 2013 | News, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions, World news
Pursuant to the Ninth Circuit’s dissolution of its stay on Judge Vaughn Walker’s ruling on the unconstitutionality of Proposition 8 and the authorisation of the State of California to solemnise same-sex marriages immediately, the Rt. Rev. Marc Handley Andrus,...
by Jen | Jun 30, 2013 | News, World news
Image by Jason Reed / Reuters “For the first time in history, we will be making important federal employee benefits, including healthcare and retirement benefits, available to eligible married gay and lesbian couples and their families,” Obama said in a statement...
by Jen | Jun 29, 2013 | News, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions, World news
California Attorney General Kamala Harris officiates the wedding ceremony of Kristin Perry and Sandy Stiler, plaintiffs in the Prop 8 case, at San Francisco City Hall. The two couples who challenged the law that had barred same-sex marriage in California were married...
by Jen | Jun 29, 2013 | News, World news
Author: Molly C Dwyer Clerk US Court of Appeals Publication: Los Angeles Times Data Desk Date: 28 June 2013
by Jen | Jun 29, 2013 | News, World news
Icing on the cake: Diane Olson, right, and her wife Robin Tyler receive a wedding cake from attorney Gloria Allred at a news conference in Los Angeles. Photo: Reuters San Francisco: On the day the Supreme Court handed two major victories to the gay rights movement,...
