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Namibian Court Declares Laws Banning Gay Sex Unconstitutional
A high court in Namibia declared two colonial-era laws that criminalised same-sex acts between men unconstitutional on Friday, in a landmark win for the LGBTQ community in the southern African country.
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More Than Half of Indians Support Legalising Same-Sex Marriages: Pew Research
A recent survey by Pew Research Centre, reveals that a majority of Indians support the legalisation of same-sex marriages in the country
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"Society Follows Law": Petitioners To Supreme Court In Gay Marriage Case
Same Sex Marriage: The notion of heterosexuality must be deconstructed, the Supreme Court was told today during a hearing on petitions seeking legal sanction to same sex marriages.
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LGBTQ Singaporeans Welcome Sex Law Repeal, Decry Marriage Exclusion
The Singaporean government plans to decriminalise gay sex but upholds the traditional definition of marriage as being between a man and a woman.
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From Marriage To Death Penalty: LGBT Rights Across The World
Singapore announced on Sunday that it will repeal a law criminalising gay sex but in many other parts of the world homosexuality is illegal and sometimes subject to the death penalty.
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Singapore To Repeal Law Against Gay Sex, No Change In Marriage Rules
Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced Sunday the country will repeal a colonial-era law criminalising gay sex, though he maintained that the government will continue to "uphold" marriage as between a man and a woman.
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Taiwan Legislature Approves Asia's First Same-Sex Marriage Law
Taiwan's parliament legalised same-sex marriage on Friday in a landmark first for Asia as the government survived a last-minute attempt by conservatives to pass watered-down legislation.
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Australian Gay Couples Register Weddings On Day One Of Marriage Equality
Same-sex couples hurried to declare plans to tie the knot on Saturday as Australia's new marriage equality law came into effect, with wedding registry offices holding special hours for the first day of legalised gay unions.
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With New Law, Australia Prepares For Rush Of Gay Weddings
Wedding venues were preparing for a rush of couples eager to tie the knot after same-sex marriage was signed into Australian law Friday, with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull already boasting several invites.
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Timeline Of Gay Marriage And Rights In Australia
Australia's parliament passed a law legalising same-sex marriage Thursday.
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First 'I Do' As Same-Sex Marriage Comes To Germany
Same-sex couples married in Germany for the first time on Sunday, with several dozen couples tying the knot at civil registry offices that opened specially to mark the coming into force of a law passed by parliament in June
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Hope In Taiwan Ahead Of Landmark Gay Marriage Ruling
A court ruling in Taiwan this week could make the island the first place in Asia to legalise same-sex marriage, in a decision that would give activists around the region new hope in their quest for equality.
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Sudden Supreme Court Vacancy Seizes US Campaign Spotlight
The future of the US Supreme Court grabbed center stage in the country's presidential campaign with the sudden death of Justice Antonin Scalia, setting up an election-year battle over who should succeed him on a nine-member bench that interprets US law over such hot-button issues as abortion, gay marriage, healthcare and immigration.
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Slovenia Court Allows Referendum on Gay Marriage
Slovenia's Constitutional Court today gave the go-ahead for a referendum on whether to implement legislation allowing gay marriage, an issue that has divided the central European nation.
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Nicolas Sarkozy Says France's Gay Marriage Law Should be Scrapped
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy, who has embarked on a political comeback, on Saturday said France's gay marriage law should be scrapped, in his strongest comment yet on the controversial issue.
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Namibian Court Declares Laws Banning Gay Sex Unconstitutional
A high court in Namibia declared two colonial-era laws that criminalised same-sex acts between men unconstitutional on Friday, in a landmark win for the LGBTQ community in the southern African country.
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More Than Half of Indians Support Legalising Same-Sex Marriages: Pew Research
A recent survey by Pew Research Centre, reveals that a majority of Indians support the legalisation of same-sex marriages in the country
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"Society Follows Law": Petitioners To Supreme Court In Gay Marriage Case
Same Sex Marriage: The notion of heterosexuality must be deconstructed, the Supreme Court was told today during a hearing on petitions seeking legal sanction to same sex marriages.
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LGBTQ Singaporeans Welcome Sex Law Repeal, Decry Marriage Exclusion
The Singaporean government plans to decriminalise gay sex but upholds the traditional definition of marriage as being between a man and a woman.
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From Marriage To Death Penalty: LGBT Rights Across The World
Singapore announced on Sunday that it will repeal a law criminalising gay sex but in many other parts of the world homosexuality is illegal and sometimes subject to the death penalty.
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Singapore To Repeal Law Against Gay Sex, No Change In Marriage Rules
Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced Sunday the country will repeal a colonial-era law criminalising gay sex, though he maintained that the government will continue to "uphold" marriage as between a man and a woman.
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Taiwan Legislature Approves Asia's First Same-Sex Marriage Law
Taiwan's parliament legalised same-sex marriage on Friday in a landmark first for Asia as the government survived a last-minute attempt by conservatives to pass watered-down legislation.
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Australian Gay Couples Register Weddings On Day One Of Marriage Equality
Same-sex couples hurried to declare plans to tie the knot on Saturday as Australia's new marriage equality law came into effect, with wedding registry offices holding special hours for the first day of legalised gay unions.
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With New Law, Australia Prepares For Rush Of Gay Weddings
Wedding venues were preparing for a rush of couples eager to tie the knot after same-sex marriage was signed into Australian law Friday, with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull already boasting several invites.
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Timeline Of Gay Marriage And Rights In Australia
Australia's parliament passed a law legalising same-sex marriage Thursday.
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First 'I Do' As Same-Sex Marriage Comes To Germany
Same-sex couples married in Germany for the first time on Sunday, with several dozen couples tying the knot at civil registry offices that opened specially to mark the coming into force of a law passed by parliament in June
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Hope In Taiwan Ahead Of Landmark Gay Marriage Ruling
A court ruling in Taiwan this week could make the island the first place in Asia to legalise same-sex marriage, in a decision that would give activists around the region new hope in their quest for equality.
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Sudden Supreme Court Vacancy Seizes US Campaign Spotlight
The future of the US Supreme Court grabbed center stage in the country's presidential campaign with the sudden death of Justice Antonin Scalia, setting up an election-year battle over who should succeed him on a nine-member bench that interprets US law over such hot-button issues as abortion, gay marriage, healthcare and immigration.
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Slovenia Court Allows Referendum on Gay Marriage
Slovenia's Constitutional Court today gave the go-ahead for a referendum on whether to implement legislation allowing gay marriage, an issue that has divided the central European nation.
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Nicolas Sarkozy Says France's Gay Marriage Law Should be Scrapped
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy, who has embarked on a political comeback, on Saturday said France's gay marriage law should be scrapped, in his strongest comment yet on the controversial issue.
