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Air New Zealand to host country’s first gay wedding — at 30,000 ft.
AUCKLAND, New Zealand – Air New Zealand says it will be hosting the country’s first gay wedding ceremony — mid air — on board a plane when same-sex marriage becomes legal next month.
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New Zealand ‘poster boy for gay rights’ cleared for appearance on ‘Ellen’ show
WELLINGTON, N.Z. — New Zealand’s Prime Minister has granted permission to Parliament member Maurice Williamson to appear on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” after Williamson became the unexpected face of gay rights for his “big gay rainbow” speech last week in favor of marriage equality.
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New Zealand becomes 13th country to legalize same-sex marriage
New Zealand will become the 13th country in the world to legalize same-sex marriage as a bill to amend the current marriage law was approved moments ago by the country’s Parliament in its third and final reading on Wednesday.
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NZ Parliament plans third and final vote tonight to legalize same-sex marriage
New Zealand is expected to become the 13th country in the world to legalize same-sex marriage as a bill to amend the current marriage law comes before the country’s Parliament for its third and final reading later tonight.
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New Zealand lawmakers approve gay marriage bill on second of three votes
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand lawmakers voted overwhelmingly in favor of a bill allowing same-sex marriage Wednesday, all but assuring that it will soon become law.
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New Zealand approves first of three votes to legalize same-sex marriage
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — The New Zealand Parliament on Wednesday voted 80-40 in favor of legalizing same-sex marriage, the first of three votes which lawmakers must hold before the bill can become law.
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Is 2012 shaping up as the year of marriage equality?
The Republican National Convention gets down to business today in Tampa, Fla., where delegates are expected to overwhelmingly pass the Republican Party platform that is unequivocally against marriage for gay and lesbian couples. Despite that, could 2012 turn out to be the year of marriage equality?
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New Zealand anti-gay marriage website taken offline after repeated hacking attempts
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand — An anti-marriage equality website scheduled to be launched in New Zealand on Tuesday by same-sex marriage opponents Family First, crashed in a matter of hours as a result of a “large-scale denial of service attack.”
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Prop 8 courtroom drama resumes with new arguments and a new judge
More courtroom drama over Prop 8, with new arguments and a new judge. Recent surveys have been so encouraging for our side that this week our opponents resorted to creating a fake survey to spread misinformation. And civil unions are poised to make way for full marriage equality in Scotland and New Zealand.
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New Zealand church protest over anti-gay discrimination beckons vandals
A church in Auckland, New Zealand, has come under attack from vandals after it put up a “gay-dar” billboard on Friday depicting a spectrum from gay to straight, with a cross acting as a gauge.