Category: Marriage Equality

Iowa senate leader: No vote on gay marriage ban this session

There will be no vote on a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage during the 2010 legislative session, Senate Majority Leader Mike Gronstal has told The Iowa Independent. [caption id="attachment_4634" align="alignleft" width="225" caption="Mike Gronstal"][/caption]Republicans may try [...]

Gay couples exchange vows on capital steps as NH legalizes same-sex marriage

Gay and lesbian couples rushed to marry in New Hampshire on Friday when at the stroke of midnight it became the fifth U.S. state to allow same-sex marriage, reversing some setbacks for the polarizing national [...]

Judge considers allowing cameras to televise Prop 8 trial

Proposition 8 supporters this week urged a federal judge to reject a proposal to televise the upcoming trial challenging to California's ban on same-sex marriage. In a filing with U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker, who [...]

Malawi gay couple arrested following weekend wedding

A gay couple in Malawi who held a public wedding ceremony have been arrested and charged with "gross indecency," police officials said Tuesday. According to Reuters: Tiwonge Chimbalanga and Steven Monjeza publicly wed in a [...]

Iowa gay marriage foes seek constitutional ban at the ballot box

Gay marriage opponents are organizing efforts in Iowa to pressure lawmakers into taking action on a constitutional ban of gay marriage. The Iowa family policy council group ACTION is planning a rally at the state [...]

DC gay marriage opponents take their ads to city buses

Opponents of gay marriage foes have taken to the streets in the nation' capital, literally, to protest recent approval of same-sex marriage in the District of Columbia. Ads began appearing this week on the city's [...]

CA gay marriage trial to take national stage in January

From Reuters: The biggest U.S. gay rights battle next year is brewing in a California federal court as raucous fights over same-sex marriage in state legislatures and at state ballot boxes subside. In part, 2010 [...]

DC mayor signs bill to legalize gay marriage in nation’s capital

[caption id="attachment_4144" align="alignleft" width="389" caption="Photo: Sarah Massey via Twitter"][/caption] Before a jubilant crowd at a northwest Washington church, District of Columbia Mayor Adrian Fenty officially legalized same-sex marriage in the nation's capital, signing the bill [...]

DC Council approves gay marriage in nation’s capital

The D.C. Council passed historic legislation this afternoon to legalize same-sex marriage in the District of Columbia. Cheers erupted in the council chambers after the vote was approved 11-2. The bill now heads to D.C. [...]

‘No H8 Day’ in West Hollywood marks campaign’s anniversary

Sunday is "No H8" Day in West Hollywood. [caption id="attachment_3982" align="alignleft" width="420" caption="Adam Bouska (left) and Jeff Parshley with the West Hollywood proclamation"][/caption] The WEHO city council made the declaration on December 8 that Sunday, [...]