# marriage-equality - Monday 20 May, 2013
Large sections of the British Prime Minister’s Conservative party are fiercely opposed to the idea.
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# marriage-equality - Monday 13 May, 2013
A transsexual woman has won a groundbreaking court appeal in Hong Kong – allowing her to marry her boyfriend and forcing a re-write of the city’s marriage laws.
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# marriage-equality - Tuesday 23 April, 2013
This month, New Zealand, Uruguay and France have legalised same-sex marriage. They follow the path trod by 10 other countries.
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The bill to legalise same-sex marriage is expected to be comfortably carried, which will make France the 14th country in the world to legalise marriage equality.
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# marriage-equality - Sunday 14 April, 2013
The convention has been meeting this weekend to discuss the issue of same-sex marriage.
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# marriage-equality - Saturday 13 April, 2013
When the question “why are you getting married?” is put to any couple, gay or straight, the answer is the same: “because we love each other,” writes Christian Daly, who says time for marriage equality is now upon us.
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# marriage-equality - Friday 12 April, 2013
Senators and members of parliament who support the bill have also been targeted.
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# marriage-equality - Wednesday 27 March, 2013
83-year-old Edith Windsor was ordered to pay federal inheritance taxes of $363,000 following the 2009 death of Thea Spyer, her partner of more than 40 years.
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# marriage-equality - Monday 18 March, 2013
Clinton had previously said that she supported civil unions rather than marriage.
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# marriage-equality - Friday 1 March, 2013
The convention is encouraging organisations, citizens and the disapora to “make their voices heard” before its next meeting.
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# marriage-equality - Wednesday 20 February, 2013
The move has been welcomed by rights groups across the country.
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# marriage-equality - Thursday 14 February, 2013
The vote will be taken on Monday afternoon.
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# marriage-equality - Monday 28 January, 2013
The 13 and 14 of April have been chosen as the dates during which same-sex marriage will be discussed as part of the Constitutional Convention.
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# marriage-equality - Thursday 3 January, 2013
Now almost 2,000 people have entered civil partnerships since they became available in Ireland in April 2011.
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# marriage-equality - Thursday 20 December, 2012
The guidelines point out rights and obligations attached to civil partnerships and protection for cohabiting couples.
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# marriage-equality - Friday 7 December, 2012
However Prime Minister David Cameron insisted no faith group would be forced to hold the ceremonies.
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# marriage-equality - Sunday 25 November, 2012
In the video for Human Rights Campaign, Freeman says “the journey has just begun”.
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# marriage-equality - Friday 12 October, 2012
The column by Myers was printed in the Irish Independent on 14 March 2012. The news was welcomed by Marriage Equality and BeLonG To Youth Services.
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# marriage-equality - Monday 3 September, 2012
Gay rights’ groups welcome the move as Dublin follows Cork in lending support to same-sex civil marriages.
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# marriage-equality - Monday 27 August, 2012
The organisation said the lack of legal recognition for children of gay and lesbian couples has a significant impact on the children’s lives.
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# marriage-equality - Sunday 12 August, 2012
Members of the public took the streets of Dublin to march in solidarity with the LGBT community and demand marriage for all citizens.
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# marriage-equality - Wednesday 25 July, 2012
The stakes are high for elected representatives in picking a stance on same-sex marriage, writes Scott de Buitléir – and don’t they know it.
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# marriage-equality - Wednesday 11 July, 2012
The move to civil marriage is not a massive leap – but it is a hugely important symbol, writes Kieran Rose.
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# marriage-equality - Tuesday 10 July, 2012
Transport minister Leo Varadkar has also expressed cautious support for full marriage equality.
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# marriage-equality - Monday 2 July, 2012
The justice minister has become the second senior Cabinet member to show support for full marriage equality.
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# marriage-equality - Sunday 1 July, 2012
“The right of gay couples to marry is, quite simply, the civil rights issue of this generation, and in my opinion, its time has come”
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# marriage-equality - Friday 18 May, 2012
The Department of Finance commits to making the final changes necessary to give equal treatment to same-sex partners.
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# marriage-equality - Wednesday 9 May, 2012
He became the first US president to support full marriage equality, saying his daughters have friends whose parents are same-sex couples.
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# marriage-equality - Sunday 6 May, 2012
Joe Biden is the highest-ranking US politician to come out in support of equal marriage rights.
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# marriage-equality - Thursday 29 December, 2011
Alternative medicine, the Gaza flotilla and same-sex marriages – these are the stories that sparked the most debate in 2011.
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# marriage-equality - Monday 29 August, 2011
Most people think same-sex couples should have full marriage equality – so what’s taking so long, asks Kirsten Fjoser.
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# marriage-equality - Sunday 14 August, 2011
Organisers have blasted presidential hopeful Gay Mitchell for his ‘homophobia’ and opposition to equality.
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# marriage-equality - Thursday 23 June, 2011
A major report by the Council of Europe both praises and criticises Ireland on various discrimination and gender issues.
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# marriage-equality - Monday 13 June, 2011
Judge Vaughn Walker, who is in a same-sex relationship, overturned a ban on gay marriage last year. Now, a court will decide whether he was fit to make that decision.
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