• Sunday, November 8, 2009 - 3:17pm By Tim McElreavy
    The Church of Sweden today elevated and crowned Pastor Eva Brunne the Bishop of Stockholm. The ceremony took place in the Cathedral of Uppsala, north of the capital city of Stockholm, in the presence of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Sylvia. Brunne...
  • Tuesday, November 3, 2009 - 9:24pm By Tim McElreavy
    With polls on the East Coast already closed for more than 3 hours, the referendum on gay marriage in Maine is still too close to call. The early returns show a dead heat with 148 of 608 precincts reporting. Nearly 100,000 Maine residents voted prior...
  • Wednesday, October 28, 2009 - 12:17pm By Chris Hall
    The archbishop of Florence has "invited" one of his local priests, Father Alessandro Santoro, to take a little time off from his priestly duties for "reflection and prayer," about a controversial marriage ceremony that he...
  • Monday, October 26, 2009 - 3:20pm By Chris Hall
    As in the rest of the United States, same-sex relationships are a hot topic on the island of Guam. The controversy has been especially intense since July, when Bill 185, which would make same-sex couples able to enter into legal domestic...
  • Monday, October 12, 2009 - 12:08pm By Chris Hall
    Last night, while faced with over 700 pieces of legislation that needed to either be signed or vetoed before midnight, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed two bills into law that were significant to the LGBT communities. One...
  • Saturday, October 10, 2009 - 9:56am By Jessica O'Reilly
    The same Conservatives who so ardently oppose same-sex marriage rights insist that two Texan men must remain married. The couple has sought a divorce in Texas court, but is facing opposition from Republican Attorney General Greg Abbott, Governor...
  • Thursday, September 3, 2009 - 1:26pm By Tim McElreavy
    The Irish gay marriage lobbying group MarriageEquality has released a new ad that is taking the Internet by storm. Entitled "Sinead's Hand," the ad is simple, direct, and succinct. It may be one of the best arguments yet for gay marriage...
  • Monday, August 31, 2009 - 6:54pm By Chris Hall
    In just about two hours from now, same-sex marriage will officially become legal in the State of Vermont. The Vermont Senate passed legislation legalizing same-sex marriages in April by overriding the veto of the governor. At midnight tonight, that...
  • Friday, July 31, 2009 - 12:20pm By Chris Hall
    From most of the headlines about gay rights these days, you would think that the last forty years of LGBT politics were motivated solely by the burning desire of gay and lesbian couples to someday live in a land where they could register a china...
  • Thursday, July 30, 2009 - 6:14pm By Chris Hall
    The government of Albania has proposed a law that would allow same-sex marriages. Prime Minister Sali Berisha said that the law was an important move against discrimination. Moving to legalize same-sex weddings is an even more radical step when you...
  • Tuesday, July 14, 2009 - 10:50am By Chris Hall
    The one thing you can say about California's official LGBT groups these days is that they don't seem to know what they want. Except marriage. They all want the right to marry, but they can't seem to come up with a coherent strategy for when or how....
  • Wednesday, July 8, 2009 - 11:38am By Tim McElreavy
    Massachusetts, the first state in the nation to legalize same-sex marriage, has filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court challenging the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), the 1996 federal law that limits marriage to the union of...
  • Wednesday, June 24, 2009 - 6:22pm By Liz Farsaci
    While gays and lesbians in America fight state by state for the right to marry, their counterparts in the Netherlands have had that right for eight years. Liz Farsaci talks to one of the men responsible. “Gay people must open up their windows...
  • Wednesday, June 3, 2009 - 2:59pm By Chris Hall
    New Hampshire became the sixth state to make same-sex marriage legal today. Governor John Lynch signed the bill into law at about 5:20 pm, saying that "Today we're standing up for the liberties of same-sex couples by making clear they will...
  • Tuesday, June 2, 2009 - 1:41pm By Tim McElreavy
     The Onion reports on a conservative solution to Gay Marriage.  Video After the Jump.   Conservatives Warn Quick Sex Change Only Barrier Between Gays, Marriage