A Swiss parliamentary commission is to prepare a study on gay marriage after the right-wing Swiss People’s Party (SVP) on Friday failed in its bid to bury the issue.
Like most gay and equality campaigners, I initially condemned the Christian-run Ashers Bakery in Belfast over its refusal to produce a cake with a pro-gay marriage slogan for a gay customer, Gareth Lee.
A historic, landmark legal challenge against the UK government has begun in the High Court in London. It seeks to overturn the legislative ban on opposite-sex civil partnerships.
MP Markku Rossi of the prime minister’s Centre Party this past weekend registered his long-running partnership with another man – but says he does not regret voting against gender-neutral marriage last year.
Participants are sought for a doctoral research study exploring how civil partnerships and same-sex marriage can help to challenge society and the law’s ideas about gender roles in relationships.
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