Gay Marriage
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Gay marriages will not get legal recognition; hearing on LGBT marriage will be held in the SC today
News | Mar 13, 2023, 09:58 AM ISTThe Center has filed an affidavit with the Supreme Court saying that it is not in favor of giving legal recognition to gay marriage. A hearing is to be held today in the Supreme Court on the petitions filed for the recognition of same-sex marriage.
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Australians endorse gay marriage, ensuring Parliament bill
World | Nov 15, 2017, 08:12 PM ISTThe conservative government promised to allow a bill creating marriage equality to be considered in Parliament in the final two-week session that is due to end on Dec. 7.
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RSS marks a U-turn, says homosexuality not a crime but 'socially immoral act'
National | Mar 18, 2016, 06:49 PM ISTNew Delhi: A day after observing that homosexuality was not a crime, RSS joint general secretary Dattatreya Hosabale today made an apparent shift in stand explaining that homosexuality is a "socially immoral act" which needs
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China's first gay marriage rights lawsuit accepted
World | Jan 06, 2016, 03:49 PM ISTBeijing: China's first lawsuit on same-sex marriage rights has been accepted by a local court in Changsha, Hunan Province, marking a milestone for LGBT rights in the country, the media reported on Wednesday.Plaintiff Sun Wenlin
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OMG! Bobby Darling to tie the knot with Bhopal businessman in November
Bollywood | Oct 06, 2015, 04:01 PM ISTNew Delhi: Transwoman actress Bobby Darling aka Pankaj Sharma is going to marry a Bhopal based businessman Ramneek Sharma.The duo, reportedly, will have a court marriage in November this year. Their wedding reception will be
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Bobby Jindal criticises Obama, Hillary over gay marriage view
World | Jun 29, 2015, 08:55 AM ISTWashington: Indian-American Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal has lashed out at US President Barack Obama and Democratic presidential aspirant Hillary Clinton for their views on same sex marriage, alleging that they evolved their views based on
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Barack Obama, in tweet, praises high court decision on gay marriage
World | Jun 26, 2015, 09:20 PM ISTWashington (AP): Obama describes Supreme Court gay marriage ruling as "justice that arrives like a thunderbolt" President Barack Obama took to Twitter to praise the Supreme Court's gay marriage decision as "a big step
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US Supreme Court extends same-sex marriage nationwide
World | Jun 26, 2015, 09:22 PM ISTWashington: The U.S. Supreme Court declared Friday that same-sex couples have a right to marry anywhere in the country, in a culmination of two decades of litigation over marriage, and gay rights generally."No union is
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Vatican: Irish gay marriage vote a 'defeat for humanity'
World | May 27, 2015, 06:33 PM ISTVatican City: The Vatican's secretary of state has called the Irish vote to legalize gay marriage a "defeat for humanity," evidence of the soul-searching going on in Catholic circles after the predominantly Roman Catholic country
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'Bold' Ireland votes to legalize gay marriage in landslide
World | May 24, 2015, 01:54 PM ISTDublin: Ireland's citizens have voted in a landslide to legalize gay marriage, electoral officials announced Saturday a stunningly lopsided result that illustrates what Catholic leaders and rights activists alike called a "social revolution."Friday's referendum
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Both sides say Ireland has voted to legalize gay marriage
World | May 23, 2015, 05:06 PM ISTDublin : Ireland has voted resoundingly to legalize gay marriage in the world's first national vote on the issue, leaders on both sides of the Irish referendum declared Saturday even as official ballot counting continued.Senior
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In surprise, gay marriage now legal in Arizona
World | Oct 18, 2014, 08:19 AM ISTPhoenix: Gay marriage is now legal in Arizona after the state's conservative attorney general said Friday that he wouldn't challenge a federal court decision that cleared the way for same-sex unions in the state. After the
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Gay marriage bans in Idaho, Nevada struck down
World | Oct 08, 2014, 07:15 AM ISTBoise, Idaho: A federal appeals court declared gay marriage legal in Idaho and Nevada on Tuesday, a day after the U.S. Supreme Court effectively legalized same-sex marriage in 30 other states.The 9th U.S. Circuit Court
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Illinois same-sex couple set to be first to wed
Lifestyle | Nov 27, 2013, 01:39 PM ISTChicago: Even as they celebrated their home state becoming the 16th to legalize gay marriage, Chicago couple Patricia Ewert and Vernita Gray couldn't help but feel bitter disappointment: Same-sex marriages cannot legally start in Illinois
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Clinton joins other Dems in backing gay marriage
National | Mar 19, 2013, 02:50 PM ISTWashington, Mar 19: Hillary Rodham Clinton's embrace of gay marriage Monday signals she may be seriously weighing a 2016 presidential run and trying to avoid the type of late-to-the-party caution that hurt her first bid.Her
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Gay marriage important to me: Julianne Moore
Hollywood | Jan 29, 2013, 01:58 PM ISTLos Angeles, Jan 29: Actress Julianne Moore, who actively supports same-sex marriage, says gay marriage is an important issue to her."Oh, yeah, absolutely, I am a feminist. At one point, 'feminist' became a pejorative term.
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Hugh Grant backs gay marriage rights campaign
Hollywood | Sep 26, 2012, 10:41 AM ISTLondon,Sep 26: The 'Notting Hill' star admitted he is not a 'big believer' in the institution of marriage but is adamant same-sex couples in his native country should be given the same rights as heterosexual
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Australian PM Favors Vote On Gay Marriage
World | Nov 15, 2011, 08:29 AM ISTCanberra, Australia , Nov 15: Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard says she favors allowing a parliamentary vote on same-sex marriage -- although she personally opposes changing the law. In an opinion piece published Tuesday in
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Gay Marriage Bill In New York Gains Support
World | Jun 15, 2011, 09:36 AM ISTAlbany, New York, Jun 15 : After a second day of a lobbying blitz and propelled by Gov. Andrew Cuomo's personal appeal to Republican state senators, a measure to legalize gay marriage in New York
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Argentina Legalizes Gay Marriage In Historic Vote
World | Jul 15, 2010, 05:06 PM ISTBUENOS AIRES, Argentina _ Argentina legalized same-sex marriage Thursday, becoming the first country in Latin America to grant gays and lesbians all the legal rights, responsibilities and protections that marriage brings to heterosexual couples. After