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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Federal judge rules against backers of Prop 8 in campaign disclosure suit

Friday, October 21, 2011
A federal judge on Thursday ruled against two anti-gay groups who were both proponents of the Proposition 8 ballot measure that banned same-sex marriage in California, saying they had failed to prove that they should be exempt from California's campaign disclosure laws. [ Read more → ]
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Congressman calls for hearing to address rising cost of DOMA defense

Thursday, October 20, 2011
WASHINGTON — A U.S. Congressman from California has called for a hearing to address the rising cost to defend the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), calling it an “irresponsible, backdoor use of taxpayer money.” [ Read more → ]
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Oregon advocacy group considers ballot initiative to legalize same-sex marriage

Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Basic Rights Oregon, the state’s largest LGBTQ advocacy group, is considering launching a ballot initiative to overturn Oregon’s constitutional ban on same-sex marriage, reported the Eugene Register-Guard. [ Read more → ]
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Advocates join NY Conservative Party to re-elect pro-gay marriage GOP state senator

Tuesday, October 18, 2011
More than 250 gay, lesbian, and same-sex marriage activists have officially registered as members of the Erie County, N.Y. Conservative Party -- which strongly opposes same-sex marriage -- an effort by activists to ensure the re-election of GOP state Sen. Mark Grisanti. [ Read more → ]
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Twin Cities’ Catholic Churches instructed to form anti-gay marriage committees

Tuesday, October 18, 2011
MINNEAPOLIS -- John Nienstedt, the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Minneapolis and St. Paul, has urged church priests to form committees to help pass a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage in Minnesota. [ Read more → ]
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Officials release signature petitions in anti-gay rights ballot initiative

Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Officials in Washington state on Monday released copies of signature petitions that forced the state’s domestic partnership rights onto the ballot in 2009, just hours after a federal judge rejected the notion that disclosure of names would subject petition signers to threats or harassment. [ Read more → ]
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Servicemembers Legal Defense Network plans lawsuit over military benefits

Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Servicemembers Legal Defense Network said it will file a lawsuit in federal court challenging the constitutionality of the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), seeking military benefits for legally married same-sex couples that are currently available to their heterosexual counterparts. [ Read more → ]
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BofA reimburses ‘gay tax,’ phony survey backfires, all hands on deck in Maryland

Monday, October 17, 2011
Say what you will about Bank of America, but they gave their LGBT employees a pretty remarkable gift this week. A phony anti-gay survey backfires in Washington when voters refuse to fall for discriminatory talking points. Turmoil at Equality California with a surprise resignation, and it's all hands on deck right now in Maryland. [ Read more → ]
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U.S. House DOMA lawyer: Gays have political power, don’t need legal protections

Sunday, October 16, 2011
The attorney representing the U.S. House in defending the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), said in court documents on Friday that, "homosexuals have a great deal of political power and are not entitled to the safeguards that courts have established for laws that discriminate against racial minorities or women." [ Read more → ]
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New Hampshire poll: Voters do not want to repeal same-sex marriage law

Saturday, October 15, 2011
DURHAM, N.H. -- A new poll out of New Hampshire this week shows strong opposition to repealing the state's marriage equality law, and a majority of voters said gay marriage has had little to no effect on the state. [ Read more → ]
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Lesbian couple arrested in North Carolina after marriage license refused

Friday, October 14, 2011
ASHEVILLE, N.C. — A lesbian couple twice refused a marriage license by the Buncombe County Register of Deeds refused to leave the government office today and initiated a sit-in. The two were arrested. [ Read more → ]
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Hassidic group: Pedophilia has ‘surged’ since New York legalized gay marriage

Thursday, October 13, 2011
A fringe Hassidic group based in Brooklyn is claiming that "man-on-boy" pedophilia has "surged" in New York State since same-sex marriage was legalized bill was passed a few months ago, and is launching an awareness campaign to thwart, repo gay married child molesters. [ Read more → ]
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NOM attacks transgender son of House GOP supporter of DOMA repeal

Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Brian Brown, President of the National Organization for Marriage, on Wednesday said that Rodrigo Lehtinen, the transgender son of U.S. Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, is the reason his mother became the first Republican co-sponsor of the House bill aimed at repealing the Defense of Marriage Act. [ Read more → ]
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Military chaplains tell Pentagon they refuse to officiate same-sex weddings

Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Nearly 2,000 members of the military-affiliated Chaplain Alliance for Religious Liberty (CARL) have pledged not to perform same-sex "wedding" ceremonies under any circumstances, despite a recent Pentagon directive that authorizes chaplains to perform same-sex wedding ceremonies, and military chapels to be used for "any private ceremony." [ Read more → ]
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Why are we still deporting married LGBT people?

Monday, October 10, 2011
As the legal challenge to Prop 8 continues, Equality California backs away from a repeal campaign in 2012. More Republicans than ever back marriage equality, but deportation still looms for legally married LGBTs. And why should the nation's cops have to pay for John Boehner's $1.5 million anti-gay lawyer? [ Read more → ]
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Perdue’s statement on gay marriage shows her true disregard for equality

Sunday, October 9, 2011
NC Governor Bev Perdue is an opportunist and a true politician, not only disregarding standing firm for equality, but embracing economic justifications for social policy. The slave-owners of the pre-war South would find much in common with her. [ Read more → ]
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Santorum: Economy dependent on traditional marriage; lies about same-sex weddings

Saturday, October 8, 2011
GOP presidential long-shot Rick Santorum on Friday told attendees at the Values Voter Summit that a vibrant economy is dependent on traditional marriage, and that President Obama has ordered military chaplains to "break the law" by requiring them to perform same-sex weddings. [ Read more → ]
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Poll: Voters say ‘it’s the economy’ stupid, not gay marriage, family values

Friday, October 7, 2011
Several GOP presidential hopefuls are making appearances this weekend at the Values Voter Summit in Washington — an event that traditionally focuses on faith and social issues — but a new Washington Post/ABC News poll reflects that “family values” and gay marriage are not as important to voters as it is to the candidates. [ Read more → ]
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North Carolina governor opposes anti-gay marriage amendment

Friday, October 7, 2011
North Carolina Gov. Bev Perdue announced today her opposition to a proposed anti-LGBT constitutional amendment that would ban recognition of marriage, civil unions and domestic partner benefits for same-sex couples in the state. [ Read more → ]
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Some MN Republicans join coalition to defeat anti-gay marriage amendment

Friday, October 7, 2011
Some prominent Minnesota Republicans are joining a coalition to raise awareness and money in an effort to defeat a proposed amendment to Minnesota's Constitution that would ban same-sex marriage. [ Read more → ]
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