Gay marriage vaults over first hurdle in the House of Lords
The House of Lords rejects a bid to block plans to legalise gay marriage with a thumping majority. The battle could be over sooner than might have been thought.
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The brides kissed and supporters cheered – as California’s Attorney General presided over the first gay wedding in the state for more than four years – declaring the couple “spouses for life”.
Supporters of same-sex marriage in California celebrate as the US Supreme Court gives gay couples in the 13 states equal standing to their straight peers.
As the US awaits a decision on gay marriage by the Supreme Court, the US military celebrates gay and lesbian troops at a special Pentagon event.
In two historic rulings, the US Supreme Court strikes down the law defining marriage as strictly between men and women and allows gay marriages in California to go ahead.
The Florida-based Exodus International has shut its doors, after a dramatic apology by its leader – who said decades of trying to turn gay people straight had been wrong.
Colourful floats and supporters of gay pride march through the streets of Rome.
The House of Lords rejects a bid to block plans to legalise gay marriage with a thumping majority. The battle could be over sooner than might have been thought.
France’s first gay couple to marry say “oui” in a politically charged ceremony in the southern city of Montpellier.
Thousands take to the streets of Paris in opposition of the French government’s legalisation of gay marriage last week in a final show of force, after months of debate that has hugely divided France.
The 136 Tory rebels who voted against the gay marriage bill will hope it sends a message to the Lords to do their worst with it.
A US basketball star becomes the first active player in a major American team sport to come out as gay – saying he is “happy to start the conversation” about homosexuality.
A vote in the New Zealand parliament to legalise gay marriage is greeted with cheers and singing from campaigners in the public gallery.
David Cameron is alienating Christians by promoting gay marriage, according to the former archbishop of Canterbury, George Carey.
As the US stands on the brink of a landmark moment for gay rights, Channel 4 News speaks to a military couple whose lives could be drastically changed by the supreme court rulings.