MONTPELIER, Vt., April 6 (UPI) -- Gov. Jim Douglas Monday vetoed a bill to permit same-sex couples to marry in Vermont, citing his belief that marriage should be between a man and a woman.
CONCORD, N.H., March 27 (UPI) -- The New Hampshire House of Representatives voted Thursday to legalize same-sex marriage, although the bill appears unlikely to become law.
MONTPELIER, Vt., March 23 (UPI) -- The Vermont Senate voted 26-4 Monday in favor of a bill to make same-sex marriage legal in the state.
OLYMPIA, Wash., March 11 (UPI) -- The Washington state Senate has passed a measure that would give gay couples most of the benefits that heterosexual couples get through marriage.
AUGUSTA, Maine, Jan. 14 (UPI) -- Same-sex marriages would be allowed in Maine under a bill introduced by a Democratic state lawmaker, political observers said.
WASHINGTON, May 31 (UPI) -- A growing number of states are passing civil union and domestic partnership laws, but many gay activists persist in pushing for legalized same-sex marriage.
MADRID, June 30 (UPI) -- Spanish lawmakers legalized gay marriage Thursday following criticism this week by conservative religious groups.
ST. PAUL, Minn., March 25 (UPI) -- A bill to define marriage as a union between one man and one woman passed overwhelming in the Minnesota House after a short debate.
FRANKFORT, Ky., March 24 (UPI) -- A proposed state constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage failed by a single vote to advance from a Kentucky House committee.
ST. PAUL, Minn., March 9 (UPI) -- A Minnesota House committee Tuesday began hearings on a proposed state constitutional amendment to ban marriage between homosexuals.
