Tag: same sex marriage

The debate for same-sex marriage in Australia has created one the greatest divisions in their history. For a country that many feel is open-minded and progressive, it is surprising to know that same-sex marriage is not already law of the land. With Australia’s same-sex marriage survey closing on November 7th, many have taken to different campaigns urging voters to help in the passing of this law. Results from the survey are due on November 15th when we will know if...

Bermuda is trying to become the first country to re-ban same-sex marriage. The first gay couples to get married in Bermuda did so only in May of this year. This was after the island’s Supreme Court ruled the ban on same-sex marriage to be discriminatory. Bermuda’s legislative branch however has introduced a bill that would take away same sex-marriage (which was only legalized a few months ago). The bill, titled “Domestic Partnership Bill,” was introduced by the Minister of Home Affairs named...

One of the country's leading lawmakers said they were working hard to make the marriage equality legislation a reality Taiwan’s Premier said he was hopeful recognize same-sex marriage would be legal by the end of 2017. In May, Taiwan’s Constitutional Court ruled that its Constitution discriminated against same-sex couples where it reads marriage should only be between a man and a woman. It gave the Legislative Yuan two years to make the necessary changes to the law to recognize marriage equality. But...

There are just a few days left to vote in Australia’s same-sex marriage survey, but the most heart-warming vote of them all has only just been cast. Many older voters have been voting against equality in this the national ballot, according to polls. But one grandfather couldn’t disagree more – and has recorded a campaign advert to tell everyone exactly why he supports same-sex marriage. 104-year-old Alex was married to his wife, Betty, for 45 years, before she died in 2009 after...

A supreme court judge in Panama has reportedly ruled against two separate efforts to legalize same-sex marriage in the country. We first reported about gay Panamanian lawyer Iván Chanis Barahona's fight earlier this month. The highest court in the country heard arguments over the last two months and now, Justice Luis Ramón Fábrega has reportedly delivered a draft ruling against two cases that were combined into one: a suit filed by a gay couple who wed in the UK and...

Kentucky county clerk who refused to sign same-sex marriage licenses campaigns against gay marriage ahead of Constitutional vote Kim Davis has taken her anti-gay crusade abroad. Davis is the Kentucky county clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples following the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2015 ruling allowing marriage equality nationwide. Davis said she was acting on God’s authority and did five days of jail time for her refusal to sign the marriage licenses. Now Davis is in Romania seeking to persuade...

As if our community didn't have enough problems, it seems some couples may have to divorce in a very bizarre twist of events across the pond in the U.K. and France. Per PinkNews, at least a dozen loving same-sex couples have been told that they need to get divorced if they want legal rights. It is a confusing and annoying legal tangle between the French and British governments. Take for instance Leandro Barreto and Francois Souyri, who are approaching their tenth...

Iván Chanis Barahona is a gay Panamanian lawyer who is working towards getting gay marriage legalized in the country. He is representing a couple that was legally married in the U.K. and is working to get their marriage recognized in Panama. Chanis is also working a second case that is challenging the country on the laws that keep same-sex couples from marrying. The Supreme Court heard oral arguments over the summer. The two cases have been rolled into one, and the...

'Democracy sausage' was the 2016 Australian Word of the Year An Australian tradition is being brought to the campaign for marriage equality and it might help get the ‘yes’ votes over the line. Australia is holding a non-compulsory post survey on marriage equality, with people having the option of sending their postal forms back if they choose to. Usually, voting at federal and state elections is compulsory in Australia. Some time ago a tradition was born where polling stations hosted ‘sausage sizzles’,...

“Equality for all!” Macklemore performed his hit single Same Love, a pro-marriage equality anthem, for thousands at the Australian National Rugby League final on Sunday in the face of backlash and multiple attempts to censor him. Some conservative Australians believed the song, one of the rapper’s most popular tracks, was too political to perform while the country is taking part in a postal plebiscite on same-sex marriage. Former NRL player Tony Wall said the event would be “very difficult to watch” with...

Now is not the time to be complacent, if you're an Aussie and haven't posted your vote or voted online yet, do it now! LGBTI advocates are reluctant to celebrate the results of a new Reachtel poll that shows Australia is on track to vote ‘yes’ to same-sex marriage. Australians are currently posting back survey forms which ask them if they think the law should be changed to allow same-sex marriage. If the majority of the 16 million eligible voters agree,...

'You haven't voted yes, until you've posted yes'. Send your votes back today! The team running the ‘yes’ campaign for marriage equality in Australia are ‘delighted’ with the number of ballots returned in a national survey on the issue. Australians are being asked whether they think the law should be changed to allow same-sex couples to marry. The government is holding a national, non-binding postal survey to gauge Australians view on the issue. It commissioned the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) to...

Hugh Jackman is the latest Australian celebrity to come out in support of marriage equality. With the country now voting on same-sex marriage, the Wolverine star is explaining why he and his wife, Deborah-Lee Furness, are showing support for the "yes" vote. https://twitter.com/RealHughJackman/status/912637963686809601?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Finstinctmagazine.com%2Fpost%2Fhugh-jackman-shows-his-support-marriage-equality-australia He writes: “We believe all Australians deserve to be treated equally under the law. That’s why Deb & I are voting YES #equality and #love!” Every bit of support for the yes vote is a tremendous help. Recently, in Sydney, protesters held...

The first same-sex marriages in England, Scotland and Wales took place in 2014, but couples had been entering into civil partnerships for nearly a decade prior to this. Passed in 2004, the Civil Partnership Act was a halfway house. It gave same-sex couples the same rights and responsibilities as marriage, but civil partnerships were not marriages. Under the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013, couple were able to convert their civil partnerships to marriages, and same-sex couples were able to get...