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Gay rights activists clash with opponents in Moscow, 15 detained
A small group of activists tried to hold an unauthorized demonstration in support of gay rights outside the mayor’s office on Saturday. But opponents fought with them and police detained people from both sides.
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Greenland: Parliament votes unanimously to legalize same-sex marriage
The autonomous Arctic country of Greenland followed the lead of its former colonial master Denmark by legalizing same-sex marriage.
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Northern Ireland bakery owners to appeal discrimination verdict over ‘gay cake’
The owners of a Northern Ireland bakery that refused to bake a cake supporting same-sex marriage said Thursday they would appeal their conviction for discrimination.
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Merkel spokesman: Same-sex marriage ‘not a goal’ of Germany’s government
Chancellor Angela Merkel’s coalition has agreed to make small changes to same-sex civil partnership rules but staunch opposition from conservatives means Germany will not follow Ireland in allowing same-sex marriages any time soon.
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Kazakhstan ‘gay propaganda’ measure ruled unconstitutional
A proposed law in Kazakhstan that would criminalize dissemination to minors of information supporting same-sex relationships has been struck down as unconstitutional.
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Australian political party revives same-sex marriage debate following Ireland vote
Prime Minister Tony Abbott, a former Roman Catholic seminarian who opposes same-sex marriage, would not say Wednesday whether government lawmakers would be allowed a free vote.
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Vatican: Ireland same-sex marriage vote a ‘defeat for humanity’
The Vatican’s secretary of state has called the Irish vote to legalize same-sex marriage a “defeat for humanity,” evidence of the soul-searching going on in Catholic circles after the predominantly Roman Catholic country overwhelmingly rejected traditional church teaching on marriage.
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India appoints first transgender individual as college principal
Manabi Banerjee, a transgender woman, will head the Krishnagar Women’s College in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal, said Dipak K. Kar, chairman of an education panel that selects college principals in the state.
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What does Ireland’s vote say about the U.S. debate on same‑sex marriage?
Ireland’s national referendum on same-sex marriage, which was approved by 62 percent of the voters, comes just weeks ahead of an expected ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court on whether to legalize gay marriage throughout the United States.
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Catholic Church ponders future after same-sex marriage vote in Ireland
The morning after Ireland learned it had become the first nation to approve same-sex marriage by popular vote, Diarmuid Martin, the archbishop of Dublin, looked out at the future of the Roman Catholic Church.