by John | Dec 29, 2012 | News, World news
Michael Snell and Steven Bridges emerged from City Hall early Saturday morning to ecstatic cheers from close to 300 people who gathered to celebrate Maine’s first same-sex weddings. With 15 couples waiting in the city clerk’s office for marriage licenses, Snell and...
by John | Dec 29, 2012 | News, World news
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Illinois could become the next U.S. state to legalize gay marriage with a bill set to be introduced in the state Senate in early January, even before a new legislature takes office with a super-majority of Democrats in both houses. Buoyed by...
by John | Dec 29, 2012 | News, World news
Nearly two-thirds of British people support plans to introduce gay marriage, according to a poll that shows growing backing for the reform. Some 62 per cent of those questioned for the poll in the Guardian newspaper said same-sex couples should be allowed to marry,...
by John | Dec 22, 2012 | News, Overseas commentary, World news
It’s what passes for vision in today’s Republican party: recognizing a new political reality and not closing your eyes in denial. Bobby Jindal and Marco Rubio showed they have it when they called for a more inclusive party following Mitt Romney’s...
by John | Dec 19, 2012 | News, Overseas commentary, World news
ORANJESTAD, Aruba — A speck of an island in the Dutch Caribbean has become increasingly popular with gay couples after legislators legalized same-sex marriages in a region still openly hostile to gays and lesbians. Two men were recently married in Saba, marking the...
by John | Dec 17, 2012 | News, Overseas commentary, World news
PARIS (Reuters) – Supporters of same-sex marriage and adoption marched through Paris on Sunday to back the French government’s planned reform and counter unexpectedly strong opposition from conservative and religious groups. Police said about 60,000...
