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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Mexico supreme court orders gay marriages recognized country wide

Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Mexico's supreme court ruled Tuesday that same-sex marriages in Mexico City must be recognized in all 31 states throughout the country, though the ruling does not mean other states have to allow their own gay weddings. [ Read more → ]
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Florida GOP candidate trifecta: no gay marriage, adoption, or foster parenting

Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Bill McCollum, Florida's Attorney General and a Republican candidate for Governor, has made it clear he supports his state's ban on gay adoption, and he doesn't think gay people should be allowed to be foster parents, either. [ Read more → ]
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Allowing gay marriage might reduce divorce rates

Sunday, August 8, 2010
Divorce is a hot topic for conservatives worried about preserving the institution of marriage, so there is a silver lining in Proposition 8 for them: allowing gay marriage appears to reduce the divorce rate. [ Read more → ]
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Niece of Martin Luther King calls gay marriage ‘genocide’ at NOM rally

Saturday, August 7, 2010
Allowing gay couples to marry amounts to "genocide" and will lead to the "extinction" of the human race, according to the niece of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. at a National Organization for Marriage rally in Atlanta on Saturday. [ Read more → ]
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High court upholds Mexico City same-sex marriage law

Friday, August 6, 2010
Mexico's Supreme Court upheld a landmark law this week, permitting same-sex marriages in Mexico City, and rejecting the conservative federal government's claim that the law is unconstitutional because it threatens the institution of the family. [ Read more → ]
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California governor, attorney general call for gay marriages to resume

Friday, August 6, 2010
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Attorney General Jerry Brown filed motions in federal court late Friday, asking a federal judge to allow the state to begin performing same-sex marriages. [ Read more → ]
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Prop 8 supporters claim Walker’s ruling unfair because he’s a gay judge

Friday, August 6, 2010
Is Judge Vaughn Walker gay? Does it matter? Not surprisingly, supporters of Proposition 8 say the U.S. District Court judge who overturned California's voter approved ban on gay marriage should have recused himself from the case because, they say, he is gay -- and therefore is biased. [ Read more → ]
Prop 8 opponents at a rally to celebrate the ruling to overturn the gay marriage ban.

Prop 8 next steps: Judge to decide whether to lift ‘stay’ in ruling

Thursday, August 5, 2010
U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker, the federal judge who struck down California's voter-approved ban on gay marriage must now decide whether the ban should remain in tact while the ruling makes its way through the appeals process. [ Read more → ]
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Advocates, opponents, politicians react to today’s Prop 8 ruling

Wednesday, August 4, 2010
While gay rights advocates from across the country celebrate Wednesday's historic ruling in which U.S. Judge Vaughn Walker overturned Proposition 8, political groups, elected officials and activists on both sides issued reaction today, ranging for jubilation to furiously denouncing the court's ruling. [ Read more → ]
Plantiffs (left to right) Paul Katami, Jeff Zarillo, Kris Perry and Sandy Stier before the start of their trial in San Francisco. Photo credit: Reuters

Prop 8 unconstitutional: Federal judge strikes down CA gay marriage ban

Wednesday, August 4, 2010
A federal judge on Wednesday struck down California's Proposition 8, the 2008 voter approved ban on gay marriage, ruling it "unconstitutional" and "fails to advance any rational basis in singling out gay men and lesbians for denial of a marriage license." [ Read more → ]
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Gay couples sue Hawaii over Governor’s veto of civil unions bill

Saturday, July 31, 2010
A group of same-sex couples are suing the state of Hawaii, alleging violations of constitutional rights in the wake of Governor Linda Lingle's veto of civil unions bill that would have given same-sex couples the same rights as heterosexual couples. [ Read more → ]
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First gay couples wed as Argentina gay marriage law takes effect

Friday, July 30, 2010
Gay couples rushed to tie the knot in Argentina on Friday, two weeks after the country became the first in Latin America to grant them the same marriage rights as heterosexual couples. [ Read more → ]
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New Jersey Supreme Court refuses to hear gay marriage case

Monday, July 26, 2010
The New Jersey Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a case from six same-sex couples seeking the right to marry, saying the case needs to wind its way through the lower courts first. [ Read more → ]
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ACLU, seven same-sex couples sue Montana for equal protections

Saturday, July 24, 2010
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and seven gay couples in Montana filed a lawsuit against the state this week for failing to offer legal protections to same-sex couples and their families. [ Read more → ]
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Prop 8 supporters: ‘We are the victims’

Saturday, July 24, 2010
Proposition 8 (a.k.a. “traditional marriage”) supporters say they are the victims, not gay people. And that gay people have brought negative backlash upon themselves by standing up for their equal rights. [ Read more → ]
Ted Olson said he fully intends to take the Prop 8 trial to the US Supreme Court

Remembering Ted Olson’s Newsweek op-ed about gay marriage

Wednesday, July 21, 2010
"The very idea of marriage is basic to recognition as equals in our society; any status short of that is inferior, unjust, and unconstitutional." -- Ted Olson, a staunch conservative and one of the attorneys challenging the constitutionality of California's Proposition 8. [ Read more → ]
Two members of the National Organization for Marriage pray as a pro-same-sex-marriage protester waves the gay-rights rainbow flag above them.

Gay marriage opponents, supporters clash at Rhode Island state capitol

Monday, July 19, 2010
Armed with chants and shouted prayers, more than 300 opponents and proponents of same-sex marriage faced off Sunday on the south lawn of the Rhode Island State House on Sunday. [ Read more → ]
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D.C.’s highest court rejects efforts to force vote on gay marriage

Friday, July 16, 2010
The District of Columbia's highest court has rejected yet another challenge to D.C.'s same-sex marriage law, ruling Thursday that opponents cannot ask voters to overturn it. The D.C. Court of Appeals rejected an appeal brought by Maryland pastor, Bishop Harry Jackson. [ Read more → ]
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Argentina becomes first Latin America country to legalize gay marriage

Thursday, July 15, 2010
Argentina has become the first country in Latin America to legalize same-sex marriage, following a 15-hour debate that lasted into the early hours of Thursday morning. [ Read more → ]
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DOMA ruling leaves Obama administration pondering next move

Sunday, July 11, 2010
The ruling in U.S. District Court in Boston on Thursday, in which Judge Joseph Tauro declared the "Defense of Marriage Act" as "unconstitutional," has left the Obama administration pondering its next move -- under the careful watch of gay rights advocates. [ Read more → ]
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