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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Sean Avery

Sports agent criticizes NHL player for supporting marriage equality

Tuesday, May 10, 2011
New York Rangers forward Sean Avery, who recorded a video in support of marriage equality, was criticized Monday by a Canadian sports management executive, who took to Twitter with a series of posts knocking gay marriage. [ Read more → ]
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New Yorkers rally in Albany to urge Senate to support marriage equality

Tuesday, May 10, 2011
An estimated 1,000 gay-rights advocates rallied at the New York state capitol in Albany on Monday, hoping to convince the Republican-controlled Senate to legalize same-sex marriage this year. [ Read more → ]
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Should we push for marriage equality or compromise on civil unions?

Monday, May 9, 2011
Disagreement over marriage versus civil unions could drive Rhode Island's LGBT activists against each other. An unknown source is funneling millions of dollars to anti-gay groups in fifteen states. And, we'll talk about Target's role in Minnesota's double-ban on marriage, and share some good news from Brazil, Scotland, and Taiwan. [ Read more → ]
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New York Rangers’ Sean Avery speaks out in support of marriage equality

Monday, May 9, 2011
New York Rangers forward Sean Avery has recorded a video in support of marriage equality, becoming one of only a few active athletes in American team sports to voice support for LGBT rights. [ Read more → ]
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Iris Blumenthal: One mom’s simple Mother’s Day wish for her gay son

Sunday, May 8, 2011
Iris Blumenthal, a mother from Syosset, Long Island, has a touching and simple wish for her son this Mother's Day. [ Read more → ]
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Zach Wahls wishes his moms, and all moms, a Happy Mother’s Day

Sunday, May 8, 2011
Zach Wahls wishes his moms, and all moms, a very Happy Mother's Day. [ Read more → ]
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Anti-gay marriage group kicks off statewide bus tour in New York

Sunday, May 8, 2011
New Yorker’s Family Research Foundation kicked-off their "Mayday For Marriage Tour” in Elmira, N.Y. on Saturday, the first of many stops in a statewide bus tour to preach that marriage should only be between a man and a woman. [ Read more → ]
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Minnesota anti-gay marriage amendment headed to full Senate for vote

Saturday, May 7, 2011
A proposed constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage in Minnesota is on its way to the Senate floor, after Republicans in the Senate Rules Committee on Friday approved the measure by a voice vote. [ Read more → ]
Peter Vidmar

Prop 8 supporter Vidmar resigns as Olympic liaison over anti-gay position

Friday, May 6, 2011
Peter Vidmar, a two-time Olympic gold medalist in gymnastics and devout Mormon, stepped down Friday as the chief of mission for the 2012 U.S. Olympic team in the wake of growing criticism of his public opposition to gay marriage. [ Read more → ]
Josh Vandiver (left) and Henry Velandia

Federal immigration judge halts deportation case of same-sex spouse

Friday, May 6, 2011
A federal immigration judge on Friday halted the deportation of Henry Velandia, a Venezuelan native who married U.S. citizen Josh Vandiver in Connecticut last year. [ Read more → ]
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Minneapolis Star-Tribune: ‘Don’t put bigotry up for a vote’

Friday, May 6, 2011
Republicans in the Minnesota House and Senate have introduced bills in both chambers that would seek voter approval amend the state constitution to ban same-sex marriage. [ Read more → ]
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Pennsylvania lawmaker introduces anti-gay marriage amendment

Friday, May 6, 2011
A Pennsylvania lawmaker has introduced a bill that would amend the state Constitution to define marriage as "the legal union of only one man and one woman as husband and wife." [ Read more → ]
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Landmark ruling: Brazil’s high court votes to recognize same-sex unions

Friday, May 6, 2011
Brazil's Federal Supreme Court on Thursday voted to recognize same-sex unions in a landmark case for gay rights in a country with the world's largest population of Roman Catholics. [ Read more → ]
Kamala Harris

California AG tells Court that Prop 8 supporters do not have ‘standing’ to appeal

Thursday, May 5, 2011
California Attorney General Kamala Harris submitted a brief to the state's Supreme Court earlier this week, arguing that state law does not allow the supporters of Proposition 8 -- the 2008 voter approved ban on gay marriage -- the right to defend the measures in court. [ Read more → ]
Josh Vandiver (left) and Henry Velandia

Is DOMA Sinking? AG Holder vacates gay couple’s deportation case

Thursday, May 5, 2011
While Organizations like ALL OUT and GetEQUAL are pushing to stop tomorrow’s deportation of Henry Valendia, thus tearing him apart from his legal marriage with Joshua Vandiver, it seems Attorney General Eric Holder is taking further steps to discredit the ant-gay Defense of Marriage Act. [ Read more → ]
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Bill Clinton announces support for New York marriage equality

Thursday, May 5, 2011
Former President Bill Clinton, who in 1996 signed the Defense of Marriage Act into law, has announced his support for marriage equality, joining the campaign to legalize same-sex marriage in New York state. [ Read more → ]
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The New York Times blasts Prop 8 supporters for claiming judge was biased

Wednesday, May 4, 2011
The New York Times published a blistering editorial on Tuesday, criticizing the supporters of California’s Proposition 8 — the voter approved ban on gay marriage that was later declared unconstitutional — for seeking to have the ruling voided because the federal judge that presided over the case is gay and was in a long-term relationship. [ Read more → ]
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Gay couple, together 61 years, still yearn for the right to marry

Wednesday, May 4, 2011
A new video released by Freedom to Marry tells the story of Richard Dorr, 84, and John Mace, 91, who recently celebrated 61 years together as a couple. The couple desperately wants to marry in their home state of New York. [ Read more → ]
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Rhode Island lawmakers introduce civil unions bill in state House

Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Rhode Island lawmakers introduced legislation on Tuesday in the state House that would allow for same-sex civil unions, one week after the openly gay House Speaker conceded there was not enough support to pass a marriage equality bill. [ Read more → ]
Steve Simon

‘How many gay people must God create before we accept that he wants them around?’

Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Minnesota state Rep. Steve Simon (D-St. Louis Park) testified before House committee on Monday against a bill that would seek voter approval to amend the state constitution to ban same-sex marriage. [ Read more → ]
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