Tag: gay marriage
Australian Liberal MP pushes for vote on same-sex marriage
Liberal MP Warren Entsch has asked the prime minister to introduce legislation to allow same-sex marriage and use a plebiscite to ratify any changes.
15,000 gay couples in England, Wales tie the knot since change in law
More than 7,300 same sex couples in England and Wales have said those immortal words “I do” since the law on marriage changed last year, figures released Tuesday in London revealed.
‘Same-sex marriage coming to Northern Ireland’ says U.S lawmaker
Same-sex marriage is coming to Northern Ireland. That is the message which a pioneering New York legislator brought to Belfast on 9 October in a keynote speech to campaigners.
Openly gay U.S ambassador to Denmark weds partner
The U.S. ambassador to Denmark has married his partner in the Scandinavian country that became the first nation to allow gay couples to formalise their unions in 1989.
Major issues facing Church selected as themes for Limerick Synod
Areas of concern among some of the 4,000 respondents to a questionnaire informing the first Synod to take place in Limerick for 70 years include gay marriage and equality for gay people, themes which are “very much on the agenda” ahead of the 2016 think tank.
Vatican feels ‘regret’ over Kim Davis meeting
Pope Francis’ meeting last week with an American woman at the centre of a row over gay marriage was not something he had sought and should not be seen as an endorsement of her views, the Vatican says.