France confirms gay marriage will be legal by 2013

French Prime Minister Jean Marc Ayrault has said a same-sex marriage and adoption bill will be passed to the Senate in October French lawmakers have confirmed they will introduce legislation to allow same-sex marriage in October. Fulfilling a campaign promise of...

New Zealand marriage law set to progress

A bill to legalise same-sex marriage in New Zealand would get through its first stage according to a poll run by that country’s Herald newspaper. The poll found a slight majority of 61 MPs would at least want the Private Member’s Bill to go on to the...