Same-Sex Marriage
# same-sex-marriage - Monday 20 May, 2013
The 9 at 9: Monday
Good morning! Here are the nine things you need to know as you kick off your Monday.
# same-sex-marriage - Saturday 18 May, 2013
‘Marriage for all’ in France as Hollande signs a bill and makes it law
The legislation also legalises gay adoption.
# same-sex-marriage - Wednesday 15 May, 2013
The 9 at 9: Wednesday
Good morning! Here are nine things to know before you start your day.
Brazil gives ‘green light’ to same-sex marriage
Brazil is the third and largest Latin American country to give a de facto green light to same-sex marriage.
# same-sex-marriage - Tuesday 30 April, 2013
Northern Ireland Assembly votes against calls for same-sex marriage
MLAs voted 53 to 42 against a motion which called on the Northern executive to allow civil marriage for same-sex couples.
# same-sex-marriage - Sunday 28 April, 2013
The 9 at 9: Sunday
Good morning! Here are the nine things you need to know as you kick off your Sunday morning.
No complaints to Convention over concerns about gay marriage hearings
Despite concerns raised by Senator Rónán Mullen and others, there were no formal complaints made to the Constitutional Convention about its recent hearings on same-sex marriage.
# same-sex-marriage - Tuesday 23 April, 2013
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France approves same-sex marriage and adoption
It is the 14th country in the world to say ‘Yes’ to marriage equality.
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France to approve gay marriage but debate to rumble on
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.
# same-sex-marriage - Sunday 21 April, 2013
Protesters in final bid to block French gay marriage law
Today’s protest comes just two days ahead of a decisive parliamentary vote that would make France the 14th country in the world to legalise same-sex marriage.
Column: The same-sex marriage debate shows ‘non-traditional’ families aren’t really accepted
As a single parent family, I realise we’ve only been tolerated as opposed to accepted as a proper family unit and because of the absence of the traditional set up we are somehow ‘less than’, writes Carol Redmond, who says same-sex unions are being treated in the same way.
# same-sex-marriage - Friday 19 April, 2013
Norris claims Iona Institute ‘tried to mislead constitutional convention’
Norris has called for an inquiry into whether the conservative think-tank misrepresented a study about child parenting.
# same-sex-marriage - Wednesday 17 April, 2013
The 5 at 5: Wednesday
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VIDEO: NZ House of Reps sings Maori love song after gay marriage vote
Warning: possible tearjerker.
# same-sex-marriage - Sunday 14 April, 2013
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Gilmore says State should not pass judgement on who people love
The Tánaiste has welcomed the decision on same-sex marriage, saying that Ireland’s laws reflect its past, as opposed to its future.
Vote for civil marriage for same-sex couples ‘an historic step’
The Constututional Convention has voted overwhelmingly in favour of recommending that the Constitution be changed to allow for civil marriages for same-sex couples.
Constitutional Convention to vote on same-sex marriage today
The convention has been meeting this weekend to discuss the issue of same-sex marriage.
# same-sex-marriage - Saturday 13 April, 2013
Twitterchat: Same-sex marriage and adoption rights in Ireland
Non-profit organisation, DailWatch.ie, is holding a discussion about it later today.
# same-sex-marriage - Monday 1 April, 2013
US cardinal defends Catholic Church’s stance on gay marriage
Cardinal Timothy Dolan said sexual love is intended only for a man and woman in marriage.
# same-sex-marriage - Friday 29 March, 2013
Church stance on gay marriage could force Catholics to have two weddings
Catholic Bishops say they won’t recognise Ireland’s civil marriage system if it permits same-sex couples to wed.
# same-sex-marriage - Wednesday 27 March, 2013
US Supreme Court tackles law on benefits for same-sex marriage couples
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.
# same-sex-marriage - Sunday 24 March, 2013
Over 1,000 submissions to convention on same-sex marriage
The number of submissions made to the Constitutional Convention is almost 50 times the amount sent on other issues.
# same-sex-marriage - Tuesday 19 March, 2013
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Labour publishes draft law to allow same-sex civil marriage
Ivana Bacik and by-election candidate Eoin Holmes publish a bill which removes the same-sex ban on civil marriages.
# same-sex-marriage - Monday 18 March, 2013
Video: Hillary Clinton says she supports same-sex marriage
Clinton had previously said that she supported civil unions rather than marriage.
# same-sex-marriage - Monday 11 March, 2013
‘Unconstitutional’ to grant civil partnership to heterosexual couples
Alan Shatter says granting some marital obligations and protections to couples who could marry would violate the constitution.
# same-sex-marriage - Friday 1 March, 2013
Consititution Convention wants your suggestions on same sex marriage
The convention is encouraging organisations, citizens and the disapora to “make their voices heard” before its next meeting.
# same-sex-marriage - Wednesday 20 February, 2013
Kerry County Council backs same-sex marriage
The move has been welcomed by rights groups across the country.
# same-sex-marriage - Thursday 14 February, 2013
Creighton can’t predict outcome of referendum on gay marriage
The EU Affairs minister tells the BBC she expects a referendum soon, but “genuinely” can’t predict whether it would pass.
Kerry County Council to vote on same-sex marriage
The vote will be taken on Monday afternoon.
# same-sex-marriage - Tuesday 12 February, 2013
France: Bill to legalise gay marriage and same-sex adoption approved
The bill will allow same-sex couples to adopt as well as marry, putting France on track to join about a dozen other nations that allow gay marriage.
# same-sex-marriage - Wednesday 6 February, 2013
Poll: Should Ireland legalise same-sex marriage?
Last night MPs voted for a draft law to legalise same-sex marriage in England and Wales. Should Ireland follow suit?
# same-sex-marriage - Tuesday 5 February, 2013
British politicians vote in favour of same-sex marriage
MPs voted by 400 to 175 to approve the draft law, despite a split in David Cameron’s Conservative party over the issue.
# same-sex-marriage - Monday 28 January, 2013
The ‘principle of equal citizenship’ should include same-sex marriage – Shatter
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.
# same-sex-marriage - Sunday 16 December, 2012
Gay rights activists protest at Pope’s Sunday morning prayer
Demonstrators held placards condemning homophobia after Pope Benedict said same-sex unions “destabilise marriage”.
# same-sex-marriage - Monday 10 December, 2012
Washington State becomes latest US state to allow same sex marriage
Hundreds of couples flocked to get married in the northwest state of Washington yesterday – the first day possible following a referendum in November.
# same-sex-marriage - Saturday 8 December, 2012
US Supreme Court to hear gay marriage arguments next year
Same-sex marriage is legal in nine US states but barred in 30 other states. A Supreme Court ruling next year would have implications across the United States.
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