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Source: AFP , Reuters via Toronto Star LISBON -- Lawmakers in Portugal soundly rejected a proposal on Friday to allow gay and lesbian couples to marry, sparking anger among gays who say they face discrimination in the conservative Catholic country. The proposal by the small Left Bloc and Green parties...

Source: AFP , Earthtimes , PinkNews OSLO -- Norway's parliament on Wednesday adopted a new gender-neutral marriage law that allows gay and lesbian couples to marry and adopt children and permits lesbians to be artificially inseminated, AFP reports. After a heated debate, the members of parliament...

Source: Deutsche Welle , New York Times , BBC News , AFP Defying threats of prosecution, the mayor of a remote Greek island performed the country’s first same-sex marriage on Tuesday. Tilos Mayor Tasos Aliferis performed the early morning civil ceremony between two men before hundreds of witnesses, including...

Source: AP via IHT , Polskie Radio , theNews.pl , UK Gay News , EurActiv WARSAW, Poland -- A gay couple from New York, Brendan Fay and Thomas Moulton, whose wedding images were used in a recent TV address by Polish President Lech Kaczynski, arrived in Warsaw over the weekend. "We come here in the...

Source: Associated Press via Newsday , AFP , Financial Times A gay man from the New York on Tuesday voiced outrage against Poland's President Lech Kaczynski for publicly using a video of his marriage to bash the EU's proposed charter of rights. "Of course I am outraged that the president...

Source: BBC News , Bloomberg Poland's main opposition party said it will reject a bill to ratify the European Union's new governing treaty unless far-reaching changes are made. The stance threatens the future of the treaty, designed to streamline decision-making in the 27-nation bloc. The treaty...

Source: Aftenposten , Associated Press via Fox News , AFP The Norwegian government put forth a long-expected gay marriage bill on Friday, clearing the way for gay and lesbian couples to secure the same marriage rights as heterosexuals. The bill offered by Norway's center-left government would place...

Source: AFP , Associated Press via Washington Blade A gay-rights organization in Greece said Thursday it has discovered a loophole in a 26-year-old law that would allow gays to marry legally. The group, OLKE, said a 1982 law legalizing weddings in civil ceremonies refers only to participating "persons...

Source: Telegraph , AFP Alan Duncan and James Dunseath photo: Telegraph LONDON -- A senior British opposition MP will enter into a civil partnership with his gay partner later this year, he told The Daily Telegraph on Monday. Conservative Party business spokesman Alan Duncan, 50, proposed to 39-year...

Source: AP via Canadian Press MADRID, Spain (AP) A generation ago, traditional families were sacred in Spain. Gen. Francisco Franco liked them big and Catholic and gave hefty cash prizes to parents with the most copious broods. These days, a civics course in Spain's public schools teaches that modern...