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Wednesday, March 3, 2010 - 6:29pm By Tim McElreavyCanada is at the forefront of gay and lesbian rights worldwide. Homosexuality was decriminalized in 1969, and later the Charter of Rights and Freedoms definitively prohibited any discrimination based on sexual orientation. In 2005, Canada became...
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Tuesday, January 26, 2010 - 10:08am By Dr Martha LeeFrancesco Zanardi and Manuel Incorvaia are in the midst of a hunger strike to advocate gay marriage in Italy. The decision to take such action came after Mr. Zanardi awoke in the emergency room wing of a clinic in Mykonos, Greece, with severe...
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Wednesday, January 13, 2010 - 3:30pm By Dr Martha LeeZeng Anquan and Pan Wenjie married on Jan 3 but their honeymoon has been a long ordeal as they have been the subject of revilement from family and friends. "All the capital in my company has been frozen by my younger brother," Zeng...
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Monday, January 11, 2010 - 4:30pm By EditrixAbbyOn November 8, 2008, a majority of California residents voted Yes on Proposition 8, which translated to a resounding No to Gay Marriage. There have been countless stories on the topic—and other socially liberal issues up for a vote—in the media...
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Thursday, December 24, 2009 - 9:50am By Matthew LawrenceChristmas came a little bit early for advocates of same-sex marriage in Mexico City this week, reports CNN. On Monday the city legalized gay marriage and gay adoption. It is the first place in Mexico to extend marriage rights to gay and...
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Wednesday, December 23, 2009 - 12:04am By Dr Marty KleinWith a population of 9 million, Mexico City has more people than 40 of America’s 50 states. It also has more Catholics than any American state except California. In fact, Mexico City is the 2nd largest Catholic city in the world (after Sao Paulo,...
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Monday, December 21, 2009 - 4:30pm By Tim McElreavyIn a 39-20 vote today, members of Mexico City's local assembly have passed a bill that when signed by Mayor Marcelo Ebrard will legalize same-sex marriage. The bill changes the definition of marriage in the city's civil code from the union of a man...
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Monday, November 16, 2009 - 9:51am By Matthew LawrenceThe city of Buenos Aires announced plans to allow gays and lesbians to get married, after a court ruled late last week that Alex Freyre and José María Di Bello had the right to get hitched in the Argentine capital, reports PinkNews....
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Sunday, November 8, 2009 - 3:17pm By Tim McElreavyThe 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...
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Tuesday, November 3, 2009 - 9:24pm By Tim McElreavyWith 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...
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Tuesday, November 3, 2009 - 7:09am By Matthew LawrenceToday is Election Day, which doesn't mean much for most of the country since this is an off year. But Maine voters are heading to the polls right now to vote on thirteen different referenda, the biggest of which determines whether or not the...
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Thursday, October 22, 2009 - 9:27am By Matthew LawrenceThe Church of Sweden, the world's largest Lutheran group, announced yesterday that it would allow gays and lesbians to marry in the Church. English-language Swedish news site The Local reports that the country's ministers have been blessing...
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Wednesday, October 21, 2009 - 10:35am By Tim McElreavyPhilip Spooner is 86 years old and a lifetime Republican. He is a veteran of World War II, having fought on Omaha Beach on D-Day and assisting in the liberation of Paris in 1944. A decorated soldier, he saw the horrors of battle—not only on D-...
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Monday, October 5, 2009 - 8:43am By Matthew LawrenceAs the Presbyterian Church USA moves closer to recognizing gays and lesbians, one transgendered woman from Waltham, Massachusetts is inching closer to ordination. The Christian Post reports today that Sara Herwig's journey to "fulfill God...
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Friday, September 25, 2009 - 9:03am By Matthew LawrenceCatholics across Maine are being advised to stop eating in a Holy attempt to prevent the gays from getting married. The Diocese of Portland is asking parishioners in the easternmost state to take part in a "40 Day Prayer & Fasting Campaign...
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