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Thailand Parliament Passes Bill Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage

By |2024-03-28T09:05:19-07:00March 28th, 2024|Categories: LGBT Politics, LGBT Politics Asia|Tags: , , , |

BANGKOK, TH — (03-28-24) — Thailand' Parliament made history yesterday when it passed a same-sex marriage bill, making the country the first Southeast Asian nation to recognize same-sex marriage. “I want to invite you all to make history,” said Danuphorn Punnakanta, chairman of the parliamentary committee, ahead of the vote. “We did this for all [...]

Tennessee Law Forbids Officials to Perform Same-Sex Marriages

By |2024-03-03T20:46:19-08:00March 3rd, 2024|Categories: LGBT Politics, LGBT Politics USA|Tags: , , , , , |

NASHVILLE, TN — (03-03-24) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee signed the state's new anti-LGBT law last Wednesday, that will allow public officials statewide to refuse to perform same-sex marriages if doing so goes against their beliefs, a clear slap in the face to the Supreme Court’s landmark Obergefell v. Hodges ruling in 2015 that legalized [...]

Greece Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage and Adoption Rights

By |2024-02-16T19:13:47-08:00February 16th, 2024|Categories: LGBT Politics, LGBT Politics Europe|Tags: , , , , |

ATHENS, GR — (02-16-24) — In a landmark vote, Greece's parliament approved a bill legalizing same-sex marriage and adoption rights to gay couples last Thursday, a landmark victory for LGBT civil rights that was greeted with cheers by thousands of onlookers in parliament and millions around the world via news broadcasts that were covering the [...]

Ex-Soviet State Estonia Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage

By |2024-01-02T08:41:46-08:00January 2nd, 2024|Categories: LGBT Politics, LGBT Politics Europe|Tags: , , , |

TALLINN, ESTONIA — (01-02-24) — Estonia has become the first ex-Soviet state to legalize same-sex marriage.The amendment to Estonia’s Family Law, passed in June, took effect on January 1, 2024. Applications are expected to take between one to six months to process, with the first approvals expected to be approved by February 2. Estonia’s parliament [...]

AdamEve.com Same-Sex Marriage Recognition Survey Results

By |2023-11-20T12:54:34-08:00November 20th, 2023|Categories: LGBT Politics, LGBT Politics USA|Tags: , , |

HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. — (11-20-23) — Adam & Eve and adameve.com surveyed over 1,000 people asking if same-sex marriage should be recognized by the church and state. Almost 56 percent of the respondents agreed that same-sex marriage should be recognized both religiously and legally, and an additional 10 percent agreed but with certain restrictions imposed. Just [...]

Ukraine Now Open to Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage

By |2023-03-08T21:49:35-08:00March 8th, 2023|Categories: LGBT Politics, LGBT Politics Europe, World LGBT News|Tags: , , , |

KYIV, UKRAINE — (03-08-23) — Ukraine’s former deputy culture minister announced on Tuesday that Zelensky's government is proposing to legalize same-sex civil partnerships, saying it would both reward the service of LGBTQ soldiers and please the European Union. Inna Sovsun of the Golos party announced on Tuesday that she has submitted the same-sex civil partnership [...]

California Moves to Enshrine Right To Same-Sex Marriage

By |2023-02-16T00:12:33-08:00February 16th, 2023|Categories: LGBT Politics, LGBT Politics USA|Tags: , , , , , |

SACRAMENTO, CA — (02-16-23) — California lawmakers will attempt to enshrine marriage equality in the state's constitution. The effort being spear headed by state senator Scott Wiener and Assembly Member Evan Low of Silicon Valley, comes 15 years after a voter-approved initiative, Proposition 8, which banned the state from recognizing same-sex marriages. While the U.S. [...]

U.S Senate Passes Bill to Protect Same-Sex Marriage

By |2022-11-30T02:37:28-08:00November 30th, 2022|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: , , , , , , , |

WASHINGTON, D.C. — (11-30-22) — The U.S Senate passed with bipartisan support on Tuesday, the Respect for Marriage Act, the bill designed to protect same-sex marriage and Interracial marriage nationwide. The Respect for Marriage Act is not only an extraordinary sign of the times but also shows a shift in national politics on LGBT Civil [...]

12 GOP Senators Vote to Advance Same-Sex Marriage Bill

By |2022-11-16T15:17:52-08:00November 16th, 2022|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: , , , , , |

WASHINGTON D.C. — (11-16-22) — Twelve Senate Republicans joined Democrats in voting 62-37 to advance the Same-Sex Marriage Rights Bill, named officially as the 'Respect for Marriage Act' on Wednesday. The legislation received 62 votes, two more than the 60 votes needed to invoke cloture to begin or end debate on a bill. In July, [...]

Mexico’s Largest State Approves Same-Sex Marriage

By |2022-10-12T15:36:30-07:00October 12th, 2022|Categories: LGBT Politics, World LGBT News|Tags: , , , |

MEXICO CITY — (10-12-22) — The congress of Mexico's largest state, State of Mexico, overwhelmingly voted to legalize same-sex marriage on Tuesday, making it the 29th state of Mexico's 32 states to do so. "Equal marriage is a public institution, whereby two people freely decide to share a life," the state's legislative body said in [...]

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