Posts in category: Equal Marriage

The Guardian reports: The Australian Senate has passed a same-sex marriage bill, the first marriage equality bill to pass either house of federal parliament, succeeding where more than 20 previous attempts have failed. Two weeks after the announcement t ...

According to Andy Towle on Towleroad.com: The Australian government announced today (Oct. 24) that almost 12 million people have returned ballots in the postal vote underway on same-sex marriage. News.com reports: Almost 12 million survey forms have bee ...

Edith Windsor, whose landmark Supreme Court case struck down the Defense of Marriage Act in 2013 and granted same-sex married couples federal recognition for the first time, died on Tuesday in Manhattan. She was 88. President Obama said, “America’s long ...

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 27: Edith Windsor, 83, acknowledges her supporters as she leaves the Supreme Court March 27, 2013 in Washington, DC. The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case 'Edith Schlain Windsor, in Her Capacity as Executor of the Esta ...

According to Kyle Knight on The Advocate: The Australian government will let people to “have their say” on same-sex marriage. The Australian High Court ruled Thursday that the government’s postal vote can proceed, so this week ballots will arrive by mail, ...

A same-sex marriage rally in Sydney, where thousands marched ahead of a contentious postal vote on gay marriage AFP / SAEED KHAN Towleroad posted on Sept. 10, with permission from AFP: Thousands of Australians dressed in rainbow colours rallied Sunday i ...