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PORTLAND, Ore. — Organizers of the effort to make same-sex marriage legal in Oregon say they will start collecting petition signatures Friday.

ASBURY PARK, N.J. — Several national groups that support recognizing same-sex marriage are teaming up in New Jersey, saying that the state is primed to allow gay couples to wed.

BUDVA, Montenegro — Several hundred people shouting “Kill the gays” attacked gay activists and clashed with police on Wednesday in a bid to disrupt the first ever pride event in staunchly conservative Montenegro, which is seeking to improve its human rights record as it bids to join the European Union.

NORRISTOWN, Pa. — At least five same-sex couples obtained marriage licenses Wednesday in a suburban Philadelphia county that is defying a state ban on such unions.

SAN FRANCISCO — California’s highest court is again refusing to immediately stop the state from sanctioning same-sex marriages.

PHILADELPHIA — Officials in the third-largest county in Pennsylvania have agreed to issue same-sex marriage licenses, despite a state law that bans the practice.

A court in Cameroon on Tuesday found two men guilty under the country’s harsh law banning gay sex, a lawyer said, continuing a string of recent convictions that has drawn international condemnation.

ALBANY, N.Y. — Same-sex spouses forced to pay high New York estate taxes upon the death of their partner will get refunds from the state.

Tumblr, the world’s most popular a microblogging platform is now censoring LGBT-related tags following its recent takeover by Yahoo!.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The U.S. Supreme Court decision about federal benefits for gay couples has prompted the Missouri Supreme Court to take a second look at a pending case.