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ATHENS, GR — (02-16-24) — In a landmark vote, Greece's parliament approved a bill legalizing same-sex marriage and adoption rights to gay couples last Thursday, a landmark victory for LGBT civil rights that was greeted with cheers by thousands of onlookers in parliament and millions around the world via news broadcasts that were covering the [...]
TALLINN, ESTONIA — (01-02-24) — Estonia has become the first ex-Soviet state to legalize same-sex marriage.The amendment to Estonia’s Family Law, passed in June, took effect on January 1, 2024. Applications are expected to take between one to six months to process, with the first approvals expected to be approved by February 2. Estonia’s parliament [...]
HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. — (11-20-23) — Adam & Eve and adameve.com surveyed over 1,000 people asking if same-sex marriage should be recognized by the church and state. Almost 56 percent of the respondents agreed that same-sex marriage should be recognized both religiously and legally, and an additional 10 percent agreed but with certain restrictions imposed. Just [...]
KYIV, UKRAINE — (03-08-23) — Ukraine’s former deputy culture minister announced on Tuesday that Zelensky's government is proposing to legalize same-sex civil partnerships, saying it would both reward the service of LGBTQ soldiers and please the European Union. Inna Sovsun of the Golos party announced on Tuesday that she has submitted the same-sex civil partnership [...]
By: Paul Goldberg, Senior Editor | JRL CHARTS - LGBT Politics USA SACRAMENTO, CA — (02-16-23) — California lawmakers will attempt to enshrine the right to same-sex marriage into the state's constitution. The effort being spear headed by state senator Scott Wiener and Assembly Member Evan Low of Silicon Valley, comes 15 years after a [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — (11-30-22) — The U.S Senate passed with bipartisan support on Tuesday, the Respect for Marriage Act, the bill designed to protect same-sex marriage and Interracial marriage nationwide. The Respect for Marriage Act is not only an extraordinary sign of the times but also shows a shift in national politics on LGBT Civil [...]
WASHINGTON D.C. — (11-16-22) — Twelve Senate Republicans joined Democrats in voting 62-37 to advance the Same-Sex Marriage Rights Bill, named officially as the 'Respect for Marriage Act' on Wednesday. The legislation received 62 votes, two more than the 60 votes needed to invoke cloture to begin or end debate on a bill. In July, [...]
MEXICO CITY — (10-12-22) — The congress of Mexico's largest state, State of Mexico, overwhelmingly voted to legalize same-sex marriage on Tuesday, making it the 29th state of Mexico's 32 states to do so. "Equal marriage is a public institution, whereby two people freely decide to share a life," the state's legislative body said in [...]
LJUBLJANA, SLOVENIA — (10-05-22) — The Slovenian parliament made history on Tuesday, after it passed an amendment allowing same-sex marriage and right to adopt children after a constitutional court ruling made it the first country in post-Communist Eastern Europe to do so. The family law amendment was passed by 48 MPs with 29 against and [...]
By: Paul Goldberg, Senior Political Correspondent | JRL CHARTS SALT LAKE CITY, UT — (09-30-22) — Same-Sex Marriage support in Utah strikes a new high coming in at 72%. In a seismic shift, a new Deseret News/Hinckley Institute of Politics survey found 72% of residents agree that same-sex marriage should be recognized by the law with [...]