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CO, USA: Civil Unions Bill Clears Senate, Heads to House

Friday, April 27th, 2012

Colorado Civil Unions VoteA bill which would recognize gay and lesbian couples with civil unions tentatively cleared the Colorado Senate on Wednesday.

According to The Associated Press, the bill, sponsored by Democratic Senator Pat Steadman, cleared the chamber on an unrecorded voice vote. Senators overwhelmingly approved the measure last year before it died in a Republican-controlled House committee.

Steadman shared his perspective on the issue as a gay man. “Why is this important?” Steadman asked colleagues. “It’s because life happens to people. People have babies. People adopt children. People have accidents. People end up in the hospital.”

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CO, USA: Civil Unions Bill Passes on Second Reading in Senate, Final Vote Likely Tomorrow

Wednesday, April 25th, 2012

Colorado Civil Unions VoteThe Colorado State Senate approved SB-2, the Colorado Civil Union Act, on its second reading. The bill passed with bipartisan support and moves on to third reading and final passage, most likely tomorrow.

“If signed into law, the bill will provide committed gay and lesbian couples with critical legal protections and responsibilities, such as the ability to inherit property, to take family leave to care for a partner, to visit a partner in the hospital, and to make medical and end-of-life decisions for a partner,” according to an email from advocacy group One Colorado.

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USA: Democratic Senate Candidates Quiet on Marriage Equality

Thursday, April 19th, 2012

Democratic Candidates and Marriage EqualityGreg has been reporting recently on a fascinating issue: how Democrats will handle same-sex marriage in their 2012 party platform. The general sense has been that Barack Obama is lagging behind his party on this issue, and that it’ll be hard for him to block a marriage equality plank without angering core Dem voters.

That may be true. But if so, he may have company: Dem candidates for the U. S. Senate also are generally avoiding or downplaying the issue, at least if their campaign web sites are any guide.

For the first time, some polls show majority support for gay marriage. But if this is any guide, Democrats are still being extraordinarily [quiet] about an issue they seem to think can still backfire on them.

Full Story from The Washington Post

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Australia: 45,000 Tell Senate They Support Marriage Equality

Monday, April 2nd, 2012

Australia Marriage Equality and the SenateMore than 45,000 Australians have told a Senate inquiry that they support same sex marriage, the lobby group Australian Marriage Equality (AME) says.

A Senate committee is examining the Marriage Equality Amendment Bill 2012, proposed by the Greens and independent MP Andrew Wilkie, that would allow same sex couples to wed. It’s due to report to Parliament on June 18.

AME’s national convener Alex Greenwich said at least 45,000 people had made submissions to the inquiry supporting same sex marriage. The submissions were made via AME’s website and that of political group GetUp.

Full Story from 9 MSN

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Australia: Senate Releases Arguments For/Against Marriage Equality

Monday, March 19th, 2012

Australia Marriage EqualityAltering the definition of marriage to allow same-sex couples to wed would be the equivalent of defining sheep stations as lighthouses, a Senate committee has been told.

The first 70 of what are expected to be thousands of submissions to an inquiry into a Greens bill to legalise gay marriage have been publicly released.

Newcastle University senior law lecturer Neil Foster told the inquiry that any attempt by Parliament to change the nature of marriage by allowing weddings between same-sex partners would be unconstitutional. “The constitutional power over lighthouses, for example, cannot be used to regulate sheep stations by defining a sheep station as a lighthouse,” Mr Foster said in his submission.

Full Story from The Canberra Times

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NE: Anti Gay Rights Bill Put on Hold in Senate

Thursday, February 23rd, 2012

A Nebraska Senate panel won’t act on a bill outlawing local municipalities from enacting gay protections laws, the Omaha World-Herald reported.

Judiciary Committee Chairman Brad Ashford said Wednesday that the panel was unlikely to act on Senator Beau McCoy’s measure which seeks to block cities and counties from enacting anti-discrimination rules beyond those which the state has approved.

Introduction of the bill coincided with a proposal before the Omaha City Council which would ban discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity in the areas of employment and service providers such as restaurants, hotels and bars. The proposal would exempt religious organizations.

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MD: State Senate Passes Marriage Equality Bill 25-22

Thursday, February 23rd, 2012

Maryland Marriage Equality Senate VoteThe Maryland State Senate passed same-sex marriage by a 25-22 vote Thursday night.

The passage of the bill comes less than a week after the House of Delegates passed the identical bill. The bill now goes to Gov. Martin O’Malley for his signature.

The law, which goes into effect January 1, 2013 is expected to face a referendum challenge and could end up on the November ballot along with the bill that grants in-state tuition rates to some children of illegal immigrants.

Full Story from Patch.com

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MD: Senate Postpones Marriage Equality Vote to Thursday

Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012

Maryland Marriage Equality Senate VoteMaryland senators recessed today before taking up the marriage equality bill at the request of Republicans, the Baltimore Sun reports:

The move was not surprising. Senate rules allow opponents to halt debate for a day to prepare amendments and sharpen their arguments.

Senate PresidentThomas V. Mike Miller said from the rostrum that he believes the votes are there to pass the measure. “I don’t anticipate a single vote has changed,” Miller said.

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MD: Senate Committee Passes Marriage Equality Bill

Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012

Maryland Marriage Equality Bill Passes Senate CommitteeA Maryland Senate committee approved a gay marriage bill on Tuesday, sending the issue to the full Senate and moving Maryland closer to becoming the eighth state to legalize same-sex nuptials.

The Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee voted 7 to 4 in favor of the bill – supported by Gov. Martin O’Malley – and the full Senate was expected to vote later in the week. The bill was approved last week by the lower house.

“I believe the 25 votes that we had last year will hold,” said Senator Jamie Raskin, referring to last year’s gay marriage bill which passed the Senate but died in the House.

Full Story from the Huffington Post

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NJ: Senate President Promises Override of Governor Christie’s Marriage Equality Veto

Monday, February 20th, 2012

New Jersey Marriage Equality Veto OverrideNew Jersey state Senate President Steve Sweeney promised to override Governor Chris Christie’s veto of a same-sex marriage bill by January 2014.

The Democrat said the issue does not belong on a referendum ballot, as advocated by the governor, because it’s a matter of civil rights.

“How can it not be when I have a certain right and I’m allowed to do something and you’re not?” Sweeney said on CNN Sunday. “That’s what we fought over and that’s what this country’s been founded on is fairness.”

Full Story from WNYC

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