Maine Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap announced Thursday that the issue of whether to repeal the state's newly enacted gay rights law has qualified for the November state ballot. The proposed "Act to Extend Civil Rights Protections...
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Signature gathering can commence for CA same-sex marriage ban
California Attorney General Bill Lockyer released a title and summary for the proposed California Marriage Amendment Monday, opening the door for supporters of the document to begin gathering the hundreds of thousands of signatures needed to...
Bill C-38, An Act respecting certain aspects of legal capacity for marriage for civil purposes, signed into law July 20, 2005 [bill authorizing same-sex marraige across Canada, introduced after courts in seven provinces ruled that the country's traditional definition of...
The Canadian Senate approved a bill Tuesday that would make Canada the fourth nation in the world to legalize gay marriage after the Netherlands, Belgium, and, most recently, Spain . Bill C-38 , which passed the House of...
States brief ~ Illinois Supreme Court denies AP request for access to pre-trial transcript
Leading Monday's states brief, the Illinois Supreme Court has denied the request of the Associated Press and two newspapers for access to transcripts of a pre-trial hearing involving a state murder charge arising out of the...
A Spanish court Wednesday blocked the marriage of a Spanish man to his Indian partner because India bans same-sex unions. The ruling by a judge of the Supreme Court of Justice of Catalonia is the first snag on Spain's...
Proyecto de ley por la que se modifica el código civil en material de derecho a contraer matrimonio, passed by the Spanish Congress of Deputies on June 30, 2005 [law legalizing same-sex marriage and allowing same—sex couples to adopt and...
UPDATE ~ Spanish bishops call for public opposition to same-sex marriage law
The Spanish Catholic Bishops Conference Thursday deplored the 187-147 vote by the country's Congress of Deputies to legalize same-sex marriage , calling for citizens to publicly oppose the law "through all legitimate means". In...
Despite being voted down in the Senate , the Spanish parliament on Thursday passed a law legalizing same-sex marriage and allowing same-sex couples to adopt and inherit each other's property. Read the text of the...
Bill C-38, An Act respecting certain aspects of legal capacity for marriage for civil purposes, passed by Canada's House of Commons on June 28, 2005 . Excerpt:WHEREAS the Parliament of Canada is committed...
