Marriage Rights Around the World
The following countries offer some form of recognition to same-sex couples: Marriage Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Canada, South Africa, United States (Massachusetts, California) Civil Unions New...
View ArticleIceland to Allow Church Unions
The Republic of Iceland has recognized same-sex civil unions since 1996. Now the Iceland Review reports that churches will now be able to offer services recognizing these unions. Árni Thór Arnthórsson...
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Guess Who Else Isn’t On Board With the U.N. Resolution to Decriminalize...
Mark, at Slapped Upside the Head, has a good take on yesterday’s news that the Vatican is opposing a U.N. resolution calling on member states to rescind laws outlawing homosexuality — which in some...
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Iceland To Appoint First Lesbian Prime Minister
Iceland is set to appoint as the world’s first openly gay woman to serve as prime minister. Jóhanna is currently the island nation’s social affairs minster. She was picked by the Social Democratic...
View ArticleQuarter of Iceland’s Population Turn Out For Reykjavik Pride
Imagine it: The eleventh annual Reykjavik Gay Pride parade and outdoor concert with Pall Oskar (probably Iceland’s biggest pop star) attracted about 80,000 people to the middle of Reykjavik on...
View ArticleInternational Marriage Update
Several nations are competing to become the eighth to offer full civil marriage recognition to same sex couples. It is likely that at least three, possibly four, will change their laws by summer....
View ArticleThe race for eighth (and ninth and tenth)
With Italy now out of the running, the big question is which nation will be the eighth to recognize same-sex marriage. The contestants are: Portugal – the legislature passed the bill. The President...
View ArticleIceland makes nine – passes marriage law
From Reuters: The Althingi parliament voted 49 to zero to change the wording of marriage legislation to include matrimony between “man and man, woman and woman,” in addition to unions between men and...
View ArticleIceland Prime Minister marries
From asiaonenews Iceland Prime Minister Johanna Sigurdardottir married her long-time partner on Sunday as a new law legalising homosexual marriages came into force. Sigurdardottir, in her late 60s,...
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