Tag: same-sex couples
Russian parliament considers banning adoptions by foreign same-sex couples
The head of a Russian parliamentary committee says the legislature is ready to prevent adoptions by foreign same-sex couples.
Poll: 53% of Americans support same-sex marriage
As the Supreme Court begins to hear oral arguments in cases involving two high-profile laws to do with same-sex marriage – California’s Proposition 8 and the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act -53 percent of Americans think it should be legal for same-sex couples to marry, while 39 percent say it should not be legal.
Powershop with “Controversial” same-sex marriage ad
Powershop , the world’s first online energy store located in New Zealand has created a genius ad, that will be noticed outside NZ boarders. (full ad inside)
President Clinton Urges End to DOMA in WaPo Op-Ed
In a Washington Post op-ed column running tomorrow, President Bill Clinton who signed the discriminatory Defense of Marriage Act into law in 1996, called on the Supreme Court to overturn the ban on federal recognition of legally married same-sex couples, saying the law was “incompatible with our Constitution.”
CNBC Host Suze Orman moderated a panel to discuss “The Cost of Marriage Inequality”
With many states considering freedom to marry legislation and two landmark cases about the freedom to marry before the U.S. Supreme Court, New York Times bestselling author and CNBC Host Suze Orman moderated a panel discussion Thursday at New York University on the economic harms caused by the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and the denial of marriage for same-sex couples.
Two European high courts rule same-sex couples are regular parents
Today two high courts in Europe ruled in favour of same-sex couples adopting children. Both judgments make clear that lesbian and gay couples provide children the same safety and stability as heterosexual couples do.