Marriage Equality

Same-sex marriage, also known as gay marriage, is marriage between two persons of the same biological sex or gender identity. Legal recognition of same-sex marriage is sometimes referred to as marriage equality, particularly by advocates and supporters.

Since 2000, eleven countries (Argentina, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Iceland, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, South Africa, Sweden) have legalized same-sex marriage, as have parts of Brazil and Mexico. In 2013, bills to legalize same-sex marriage were passed in Uruguay, New Zealand and France, although those laws have not yet taken effect.

In the United States, same-sex marriage is legal in nine states (Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, New Hampshire, New York, Vermont and Washington), and in the District of Columbia. (Same-sex marriage will become legal in Delaware on July 1, 2013, and in Rhode Island on August 1, 2013.)

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France

BREAKING: French president signs marriage equality bill into law

Saturday, May 18, 2013
PARIS — French President Francois Hollande has signed a law authorizing gay marriage and adoption by same-sex couples, after months of nationwide protests and wrenching debate. [ Read more → ]
France

France’s constitutional authority rejects challenge to marriage equality law

Friday, May 17, 2013
PARIS -- France's constitutional council, the country's highest constitutional authority, on Friday rejected a challenge by conservative lawmakers to the country's new marriage equality law, saying the law is constitutional. [ Read more → ]
Nevada

Nevada Assembly panel advances bill to repeal ban on same-sex marriage

Thursday, May 16, 2013
CARSON CITY, Nev. -- A resolution to abolish Nevada's ban on same-sex marriage has passed an Assembly committee. [ Read more → ]
Ron Sandack

Gay marriage supporter drops bid to lead Illinois Republican Party

Thursday, May 16, 2013
CHICAGO — A candidate for the chairmanship of the Illinois Republican Party who supports same-sex marriage has pulled out of contention for the post. [ Read more → ]
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Poll: Mich. voters support repealing state’s ban on same-sex marriage

Wednesday, May 15, 2013
LANSING, Mich. -- A new poll finds that a majority of Michigan voters support repealing the state's ban on same-sex marriage, and replacing it with an amendment to allow gay couples the freedom to marry. [ Read more → ]
Jesse Tyler Ferguson (left) and Eric Stonestreet, from ABC's sitcom "Modern Family."Photo: Peter "Hopper" Stone, Courtesy ABC

ACLU: Time for TV’s ‘Modern Family’ gay couple to get married

Wednesday, May 15, 2013
NEW YORK -- The American Civil Liberties Union is lobbying for the most prominent gay parents on U.S. television to get married. The campaign aimed at ABC's "Modern Family" comes as momentum for gay marriage builds in parts of the country. [ Read more → ]
Kim Jho Gwang-soo (left) and Kim Seung-Hwan via Facebook

Filmmaker plans campaign to legalize same-sex marriage in South Korea

Wednesday, May 15, 2013
SEOUL, South Korea -- An openly gay filmmaker in South Korea on Wednesday said he plans to campaign to legalize same-sex marriage in the conservative nation, while announcing plans to marry his partner of nine years. [ Read more → ]
Virginia

Poll finds significant shift in Virginia in support of same-sex marriage

Wednesday, May 15, 2013
A new poll finds that a majority of voters in Virgina now support marriage equality for gay and lesbian couples, reflecting a significant shift in public opinion over the last two years. [ Read more → ]
Gov. Mark Dayton

BREAKING: Minn. governor signs marriage equality bill — ‘Love is the law’

Tuesday, May 14, 2013
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Governor Mark Dayton has signed the state's marriage equality bill into law, making Minnesota the 12th U.S. state to legalize same-sex marriage. [ Read more → ]
Gay marriage sponsors Rep. Karen Clark, right, and Sen. Scott Dibble celebrate after the Minnesota House passed the gay marriage bill on May 9. The two openly gay Minnesota state lawmakers, who respectively sponsored the measure in the state House and Senate, will witness Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton sign the bill in a ceremony on Tuesday on the front steps of Minnesota’'s Capitol.Photo: Jim Mone, AP

As signing ceremony approaches, Minn. marriage bill sponsors say ‘It’s personal’

Tuesday, May 14, 2013
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- When Gov. Mark Dayton adds his signature to the bill legalizing gay marriage in Minnesota later Tuesday, its two main sponsors will stand triumphantly beside him admiring the fruits of their long and often demoralizing struggle for gay rights. [ Read more → ]
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Poll: Majority of Arizona voters now support marriage equality

Tuesday, May 14, 2013
PHOENIX, Ariz. -- After years of beating the drums against same-sex marriage, a majority of Arizonans now say they support marriage equality. [ Read more → ]
Brazil

Ruling: Brazilian states must register same-sex civil unions as marriages

Tuesday, May 14, 2013
BRASILIA, Brazil -- Brazil's National Council of Justice on Tuesday said that notary publics throughout the country must register same-sex civil unions as marriages if the couple requests it. [ Read more → ]
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Gallup: Support for same-sex marriage solidifies above 50% in U.S.

Tuesday, May 14, 2013
PRINCETON, N.J. -- Fifty-three percent of Americans now support legalizing same-sex marriage, the third consecutive reading of 50 percent or above in Gallup polling over the past year. [ Read more → ]
Sen. Scott Dibble, an openly gay lawmaker who sponsored the Senate's marriage equality bill, throws a kiss toward the gallery as the Senate prepared to debate the issue on Monday.Photo: Jim Mone, AP

Minn. governor to sign bill legalizing same-sex marriage

Tuesday, May 14, 2013
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- With marriages to be available for Minnesota's gay couples starting Aug. 1, Duluth residents Gary Anderson and Gary Boelhower are getting ready to do something that seemed impossible when they started dating three years ago: plan a wedding. [ Read more → ]
Rainbow pride flags adorned the Wabasha Street Bridge in St. Paul on Monday.

St. Paul, Minn., to throw party to celebrate passage of gay marriage law

Monday, May 13, 2013
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- The city of St. Paul is ready to throw a party to celebrate the legalization of same-sex marriage in Minnesota. [ Read more → ]
Thousands filled the Minnesota State Capitol as they waited for word that the Senate had passed the gay marriage bill Monday, May 13, 2013 in St. Paul, Minn.Photo: Jim Mone, AP

BREAKING: Minn. to become 12th state to legalize same-sex marriage

Monday, May 13, 2013
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- The Minnesota Senate voted moments ago to legalize same-sex marriage, the last legislative step before Gov. Mark Dayton's promised signature will make the state the 12th in the U.S. to do so. [ Read more → ]
Wabasha Street Bridge Star-Tribune

St. Paul mayor proclaims ‘Freedom to Marry Week,’ renames downtown bridge

Monday, May 13, 2013
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Anticipating a vote in the Minnesota state Senate today that would legalize same-sex marriage, St. Paul mayor Chris Coleman on Monday morning proclaimed “Freedom to Marry Week” in St. Paul and temporarily renamed a downtown bridge the “Freedom to Marry Bridge.” [ Read more → ]
Supporters and opponents of Minnesota's gay marriage bill gather in the State Capitol Rotunda in St. Paul as the Senate prepared to take up the issue, Monday, May 13, 2013 in St. Paul, Minn. Photo: Jim Mone, AP

UPDATED: Minn. lawmakers prepare for final vote on marriage equality bill

Monday, May 13, 2013
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Supporters of same-sex marriage in Minnesota taped blue and orange hearts Monday onto the state Capitol steps, creating a path into the building for lawmakers preparing an afternoon vote on whether to allow same-sex weddings starting in August. [ Read more → ]
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Ohio Democrats asking gay marriage supporters to donate to effort they haven’t backed

Friday, May 10, 2013
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The Ohio Democratic Party is asking marriage-supporting donors for money to help “pass a referendum recognizing equality,” but leaders haven’t endorsed the only effort under way in the state to put the issue on the ballot for voters. [ Read more → ]
Gov. Pat Quinn (D-Ill.)

Ill. governor to House lawmakers: ‘It’s time to vote’ on marriage equality bill

Friday, May 10, 2013
SPRINGFIELD, IL -- Illinois Governor Pat Quinn on Thursday called on state lawmakers in the House to send him the bill that would legalize same-sex marriage, and said they have had enough time to consider the pending legislation. [ Read more → ]
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