This might seem a surreal joke, but Ireland has become the first nation in the world to legalize gay marriage in a national referendum. Ireland’s citizens have voted in a landslide to legalize gay marriage, electoral officials announced Saturday — a stunningly lopsided result that illustrates what Catholic leaders and rights activists alike called a… Read more.
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Same-sex Marriage Now Legal in New York
I was among those waiting with baited breath late into the night on Friday for the New York State Senate to vote on historic legislation legalizing same-sex marriage (hereinafter referred to as “gay marriage”). It eventually voted 33-29 to pass the bill. In so doing, New York became only the sixth state in the Union (plus… Read more.
Good (news) Friday: South Africa gives same-sex couples the legal right to marry!
Last summer, I wrote an article condemning the South African government for its provincial policy towards the treatment of HIV/AIDS, which kills more people in South Africa than in any other country in the world. I condemned the government because, instead of adopting the established pharmacological protocols that have proved most effective, it sent Health… Read more.