TIRANA, Albania, July 30 (UPI) -- Albania is considering legalization of same-sex marriages to become the first country in southeastern Europe to give equal the rights to homosexual couples.
NEW YORK, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- A New York judge ruled that Gov. David Paterson was right in ordering state agencies to recognize same-sex marriages legally performed elsewhere.
JERUSALEM, Dec. 6 (UPI) -- Israel's parliament voted 33-31 Wednesday to prohibit same-sex marriages from being recognized until lawmakers come up with a law approving such unions.
TAHLEQUAH, Okla., June 16 (UPI) -- The Cherokee Nation Tribal Council has voted in Oklahoma to ban same-sex marriages after a lesbian couple attempted to file a marriage certificate.
BOSTON, May 13 (UPI) -- Saying church canon bans same-sex marriages, the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts has said its priests should not officiate at gay weddings.
ALBANY, N.Y., April 9 (UPI) -- The American Civil Liberties Union is suing New York over the frustrated marriage plans of 13 same-sex couples, the New York Times reported Friday.
BRIDGEPORT, Conn., March 1 (UPI) -- A poll released Monday indicates a majority of U.S. citizens are opposed to enacting a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriages.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Feb. 6 (UPI) -- Ohio Gov. Bob Taft signed a same-sex marriage ban into law Friday, described as one of the toughest in the nation.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Jan. 21 (UPI) -- Some 300 British Columbia commissioners who perform civil marriages in Canada have been ordered to perform same-sex marriages or resign.
BRUSSELS, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- Belgium became only the second country in the world to legalize same-sex marriages late Thursday. The parliament overwhelmingly adopted a law giving gay couples almost the same rights as heterosexuals.
