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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Group advises NY town clerks it’s OK to discriminate in the name of Jesus

Monday, July 18, 2011
The Alliance Defense Fund is coming to the aid of New York city and town clerks, advising them that it’s perfectly legal to discriminate against gay couples when issuing marriage licenses, because state statute requires New York employers “accommodate sincerely held religious beliefs.” [ Read more → ]
Michael Bloomberg

Bloomberg makes good on promise: Pro-gay marrige GOP Senators rewarded

Thursday, July 14, 2011
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has rewarded four Republican state senators who voted for the state's Marriage Equality Act with significant campaign contributions. [ Read more → ]
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FCKH8.com targets the top 5 reasons against marriage equality (Video)

Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Here’s FCKH8.com’s latest video, this time slamming the Top 5 Reasons Against Gay Marriage. [ Read more → ]
Laura Fotusky

NY town clerk resigns rather than issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples

Tuesday, July 12, 2011
The town clerk in Barker, N.Y. has announced her resignation to avoid having to issue marriage licenses to gay couples when New York's marriage equality law takes effect July 24. [ Read more → ]
Sally Kern

Sally Kern to the defense of Ruben Diaz: ‘homosexuals mean for evil toward you’

Monday, July 11, 2011
Sally Kern, an Oklahoma state legislator known for her outspoken stance against homosexuality, has come to the defense of New York state Sen. Ruben Diaz Sr. (D-Bronx), a Pentecostal minister and the lone Democrat to vote against marriage equality. [ Read more → ]
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Ladies of ‘The View’ go off on The Family Leader’s anti-gay marriage vow

Monday, July 11, 2011
Whoopi Goldberg and the ladies of "The View" went off on the anti-gay pledge that asks GOP presidential hopefuls to oppose any “redefinition of marriage,” and likens same-sex couples to polygamists and adulterers. [ Read more → ]
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Equality Illinois reports: 1,600 civil unions in first month since law took effect

Monday, July 11, 2011
An estimated 1,618 total civil union licenses were issued across Illinois this past month since the state's Civil Unions Law took effect June 1, according to Equality Illinois. [ Read more → ]
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Anti-gay industry plans protests at gay couples’ weddings

Monday, July 11, 2011
It's been a relatively quiet week: the anti-gay industry is planning to protest gay couples' weddings, Senator Leahy will hold hearings on DOMA repeal, and Equal Rights Washington is gearing up to fight for marriage at the ballot box. [ Read more → ]
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Sen. John Kerry discuss his ‘evolution’ on marriage equality

Monday, July 11, 2011
Sen. John Kerry: "These seven years of marriage equality in Massachusetts might as well have been 30 years: they erased decades of myths." [ Read more → ]
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Cambridge, Mass., to reimburse gay employees for unfair federal tax

Monday, July 11, 2011
The city of Cambridge, Mass., said it will reimburse nearly two dozen gay public employees to offset the cost of a federal tax that city officials call unfair. [ Read more → ]
Gary Johnson

Former NM governor: Family Leader pledge ‘offensive to principles of liberty and freedom’

Sunday, July 10, 2011
GOP Presidential hopeful and former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson blasted the social pledge unveiled by Iowa homophobe Bob Vander Plaats, calling it “offensive to the principles of liberty and freedom on which this country was founded.” [ Read more → ]
Rick Santorum

Rick Santorum ‘taken aback’ but ‘certainly comfortable’ signing anti-gay pledge

Sunday, July 10, 2011
No surprise here — GOP presidential hopeful Rick Santorum is on board with the anti-gay pledge that requires candidates to be faithful to their spouses, and “vigorously oppose” same-sex unions. [ Read more → ]
Kathleen Rice

DA warns town clerks of penalties for refusing marriage licenses to gay couples

Sunday, July 10, 2011
As New York state prepares to start issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples later this month, at least one county is reminding local officials there will be consequences for refusing marriage licenses to gay couples. [ Read more → ]
U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.)

Senate Judiciary Committee will hold first ever hearing on DOMA repeal

Friday, July 8, 2011
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) on Thursday announced that, in the coming weeks, the Committee will hold the first congressional hearing on proposals to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). [ Read more → ]
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U.S. House adds another anti-gay amendment to Defense appropriations bill

Friday, July 8, 2011
The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday morning voted in favor of an amendment to the Defense Appropriations bill that prohibits the use of funds to implement training on the repeal of the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” law for chaplains. [ Read more → ]
Michele Bachmann

Sign me up! Michele Bachmann first GOP presidential hopeful to sign anti-gay pledge

Friday, July 8, 2011
A prominent Iowa social conservative group called “The Family Leader” has convinced Presidential candidate Michele Bachmann to sign a pledge to uphold “traditional marriage” and ban all forms of pornography. [ Read more → ]
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Department of Justice drops appeal of DOMA ruling by U.S. Bankruptcy Court

Friday, July 8, 2011
The U.S. Department of Justice has withdrawn its appeal of a recent U.S. Bankruptcy Court ruling that the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) is unconstitutional. [ Read more → ]
Bob Vander Plaats

Iowa group wants GOP presidential hopefuls to sign anti-gay marriage pledge

Thursday, July 7, 2011
An Iowa-based Christian conservative group, The Family Leader, on Thursday unveiled a pledge asking Republican presidential candidates to be faithful to their spouses, and work tirelessly to oppose same-sex marriage. [ Read more → ]
Virginia Foxx

U.S. House approves anti-gay DOMA amendment to defense appropriations bill

Thursday, July 7, 2011
The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday voted in favor of an anti-gay amendment to the defense appropriations bill that reaffirms the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) as component of the Pentagon spending legislation. [ Read more → ]
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Why Michele and Marcus Bachmann are so dangerous to the LGBT community

Thursday, July 7, 2011
Michele Bachmann's own anti-gay views have been well-documented and her allies in the fight against us are some of the most violently homophobic people we have seen in this decade. [ Read more → ]
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