Australian ministers decide against free vote on gay marriage
Members of the Australian ruling coalition have decided against a free vote on gay marriage next week. A private member’s bill which would legalise same sex marriage is due to be introduced to the...
View ArticleKentucky official ordered to issue gay marriage licences
An official in Kentucky has been told by a judge that she can no longer refuse to grant marriage licences to gay couples. County clerk Kim Davis was the respondent in a lawsuit from civil rights group...
View ArticleAustralians back gay marriage in new poll
The majority of Australians are in favour of gay marriage according to a recently published poll, despite continuing resistance from the government. The Sydney branch of market research firm Ipsos...
View ArticleFormer Australian PM changes mind on gay marriage
Former Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has expressed support for gay marriage, abandoning her earlier opposition. The former Labor Party Premier, who left office in 2013, declined to legalise...
View ArticleFlorida marriage forms now use ‘spouse’
Florida has updated its marriage certificates to reflect the new legality of gay marriage. The terms ‘husband’ and ‘wife’ have been removed from the certificates and replaced with non-gender specific...
View ArticlePope hints at disquiet over gay marriage in US speech
In a wide-ranging speech to the US Congress earlier this week, Pope Francis expressed worry for the future of the family, hinting at disquiet over the now widespread legalisation of gay marriage. The...
View ArticleNew Australian PM accused of gay marriage ‘cop-out’
Newly installed Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has been accused of “a cop-out of monumental proportions” on same sex marriage. Opposition leader Bill Shorten of the Australian Labor Party...
View ArticleGay marriage proposal video hailed in China
A video showing one man proposing to another has provoked thousands of comments and gone viral after it was posted on a Chinese social media site. The video, filmed on a mobile phone by a passer-by,...
View ArticleCivil partnerships decline in the face of same sex marriage
The number of civil partnerships held in England and Wales dropped by a precipitous 70 per cent last year, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has reported. In 2013, 5,646 civil partnerships were...
View ArticleTaiwanese political candidates ‘should declare stance on gay marriage’
Candidates for the major political parties in Taiwan should openly declare their position on gay marriage, opposition representatives have insisted. Candidates for the Green-Social Democratic Party...
View ArticleIsraeli government urged to legalise gay marriage
Israeli LGBT rights group the AGUDA has urged the government to legalise same sex marriage in the Middle Eastern nation. The group petitioned the High Court of Justice over the weekend, claiming that...
View ArticleGay couple in US seek to undo adoption
A same sex couple in the US state of Pennsylvania hope to marry if they can rescind a previously agreed adoption. The couple – Nino Esposito, 78, and Roland Bosee, 68 – are one of a number of...
View ArticleSame sex partner launches discrimination claim
An Australian man has launched legal action after his same sex partner died and state authorities refused to recognise him as the next of kin. Ben Jago lived with his partner Nathan in the Tasmanian...
View ArticlePeople marrying later reports the ONS
People are marrying later than ever before, the Office for National Statistics has reported. In 2014 the average age for men getting married was 37, and for women just under 35 – a distinct increase...
View ArticleSupreme Court backs pensions equality for same sex couple
A former cavalry officer in a same sex marriage has secured a landmark pensions ruling from the Supreme Court. After leaving the military, John Walker, now 65, spent his career at chemicals company...
View ArticleCivil partnership conversion, a data breach and more
A WEEK IN FAMILY LAW A report analysing family court data to explore links between adverse family experiences and proven youth offending has been published by the Ministry of Justice. A key finding of...
View ArticleHigh Court unable to rule on parentage of surrogate baby
A man living in London cannot be declared the legal parent of a toddler born to surrogacy, the High Court has ruled. The case concerned a former same sex couple whose marriage had broken down. While...
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