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UK Backs Extending Gay Marriage, Abortion Rights To Northern Ireland
Britain's House of Commons voted on Tuesday to extend same-sex marriage and abortion rights to Northern Ireland, unless devolved government is restored in Belfast by October 21.
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Christian Bakery Wins Landmark "Gay Cake" Case In UK
A bakery run by a Christian family in Northern Ireland on Wednesday won a landmark case in Britain's highest court over its refusal to make a cake decorated with the words "Support Gay Marriage".
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Dominican Government Won't Recognize Gay Marriage at UK Embassy
The Dominican Republic says it will not recognize a same-sex marriage performed for the first time in the conservative Caribbean country.
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Hong Kong Refuses to Allow Gay Marriage at UK Mission
The Hong Kong government has refused to allow same-sex couples to marry at the British consulate in the city, UK officials said Monday, prompting heavy criticism from gay and lesbian rights groups.
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UK couples say 'I do' as gay marriage becomes legal
Gay couples across England and Wales said "I do" on Friday night as a law legalising same-sex marriage came into effect at midnight, the final stage in a long fight for equality.
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Couples ready to tie the knot in UK's first gay marriages
When the clock strikes midnight on Friday, gay and lesbian couples across England and Wales will begin exchanging vows as an historic law legalising same-sex marriage finally comes into force.
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Church of England rejects blessings for gay marriages
Bishops in the Church of England issued new guidance today warning clergy they should not bless couples in same-sex marriages, after the idea was recommended in an internal report last year.
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Britain's Queen Elizabeth might have to break sovereign promise
The impending gay marriage legislation could force Queen Elizabeth II to break a sovereign promise, former senior UK bishop has warned. Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali, who was Bishop of Rochester for 15 years, said the Queen took an oath to "uphold God's laws" when she was crowned.
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Gay marriage vote set to deliver Britains' Prime Minister David Cameron more problems
British Prime Minister David Cameron faces further dissent from within the ranks of his Conservative Party as a bill to legalise gay marriage returns to Parliament Monday.
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UK lawmakers vote in favour of gay marriage
A bill to legalise same-sex marriage in Britain cleared a major hurdle Tuesday, as lawmakers voted overwhelmingly in favour of the proposals championed by Prime Minister David Cameron.
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Hugh Grant backs gay marriage rights campaign
Actor Hugh Grant has lent his voice to a campaign calling for a change in the UK's gay marriage laws.
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UK Backs Extending Gay Marriage, Abortion Rights To Northern Ireland
Britain's House of Commons voted on Tuesday to extend same-sex marriage and abortion rights to Northern Ireland, unless devolved government is restored in Belfast by October 21.
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Christian Bakery Wins Landmark "Gay Cake" Case In UK
A bakery run by a Christian family in Northern Ireland on Wednesday won a landmark case in Britain's highest court over its refusal to make a cake decorated with the words "Support Gay Marriage".
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Dominican Government Won't Recognize Gay Marriage at UK Embassy
The Dominican Republic says it will not recognize a same-sex marriage performed for the first time in the conservative Caribbean country.
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Hong Kong Refuses to Allow Gay Marriage at UK Mission
The Hong Kong government has refused to allow same-sex couples to marry at the British consulate in the city, UK officials said Monday, prompting heavy criticism from gay and lesbian rights groups.
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UK couples say 'I do' as gay marriage becomes legal
Gay couples across England and Wales said "I do" on Friday night as a law legalising same-sex marriage came into effect at midnight, the final stage in a long fight for equality.
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Couples ready to tie the knot in UK's first gay marriages
When the clock strikes midnight on Friday, gay and lesbian couples across England and Wales will begin exchanging vows as an historic law legalising same-sex marriage finally comes into force.
-
Church of England rejects blessings for gay marriages
Bishops in the Church of England issued new guidance today warning clergy they should not bless couples in same-sex marriages, after the idea was recommended in an internal report last year.
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Britain's Queen Elizabeth might have to break sovereign promise
The impending gay marriage legislation could force Queen Elizabeth II to break a sovereign promise, former senior UK bishop has warned. Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali, who was Bishop of Rochester for 15 years, said the Queen took an oath to "uphold God's laws" when she was crowned.
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Gay marriage vote set to deliver Britains' Prime Minister David Cameron more problems
British Prime Minister David Cameron faces further dissent from within the ranks of his Conservative Party as a bill to legalise gay marriage returns to Parliament Monday.
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UK lawmakers vote in favour of gay marriage
A bill to legalise same-sex marriage in Britain cleared a major hurdle Tuesday, as lawmakers voted overwhelmingly in favour of the proposals championed by Prime Minister David Cameron.
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Hugh Grant backs gay marriage rights campaign
Actor Hugh Grant has lent his voice to a campaign calling for a change in the UK's gay marriage laws.
