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gay marriage
Australian opposition leader explains flip-flop on gay marriage
Australia’s opposition leader has sought to explain his shift on gay marriage, which will be a key issue in this weekend’s elections.
U.S. gay couples prepare to wed on historic day as conservatives resist
Benjamin Moore and Tadd Roberts wore matching tuxedos to the county clerk’s office in Louisville to get married Friday, and the mayor greeted them...
Pressure builds on Australian government as gay marriage support grows
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has brushed off mounting pressure for a parliamentary vote on same-sex marriage from within his conservative coalition,...
U.S. gay couples prepare to wed on historic day as conservatives resist
Benjamin Moore and Tadd Roberts wore matching tuxedos to the county clerk’s office in Louisville to get married Friday, and the mayor greeted them...
Pressure mounts as Australian opposition proposes gay marriage law
Australia’s opposition Labor party introduced a bill into parliament on Monday aimed at legalising same-sex marriage, stepping up pressure on Prime...
Vatican: Irish gay marriage vote a ‘defeat for humanity’
The Vatican’s secretary of state has called the Irish vote to legalize gay marriage a “defeat for humanity,” evidence of the soul-searching...
Vatican chief labels Irish gay marriage vote as ‘a defeat for humanity’
The Vatican’s secretary of state has called the Irish vote to legalize gay marriage a “defeat for humanity,” evidence of the soul-searching...
Ireland readies for world’s first popular vote on gay marriage
Ireland votes on Friday on whether to allow gay marriage in a referendum that could make the once deeply Catholic country the first in the world to adopt...
Polls predict two-to-one chance Ireland will say ‘yes’ in gay marriage vote
Irish voters are set to back the introduction of gay marriage by a margin of as much as two-to-one next week and become the first country to approve the...
Polls predict two-to-one chance Ireland will say ‘yes’ in gay marriage vote
Irish voters are set to back the introduction of gay marriage by a margin of as much as two-to-one next week and become the first country to approve the...
Egypt jails eight men for three years over ‘gay marriage’
An Egyptian court jailed eight men for three years on Saturday over a video prosecutors claimed was of a gay wedding, which went viral.
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