http://www.mail.com/subjects/120-marriage.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.20/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/120-marriage.html http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1763170-gimmicky-boost-lovelorn-las-vegas.html LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas, land of the quickie wedding, is in the midst of a serious love recession, and chapels in the city accustomed to playing the numbers were not about to let the latest money-making opportunity — Wednesday's auspicious 12/12/12 date — pass without a marketing push. They worked for months to turn the day into a major payout, luring ... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 05:58:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1763170-gimmicky-boost-lovelorn-las-vegas.html 2012-12-13T05:58:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1758764-uruguays-lower-house-approves-gay-marriage-law.html MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — Lawmakers in taboo-breaking Uruguay voted to legalize gay marriage late Tuesday night, approving a single law governing marriage for heterosexuals and homosexuals. The proposal now goes to the Senate, where the ruling coalition has enough votes for passage. President Jose Mujica plans to sign it into law early next year. The pro... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 02:30:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1758764-uruguays-lower-house-approves-gay-marriage-law.html 2012-12-12T02:30:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1758114-british-government-to-legalize-same-sex-marriage.html LONDON (AP) — The British government announced Tuesday that it will introduce a bill next year legalizing gay marriage — but banning the Church of England from conducting same-sex ceremonies. Equalities minister Maria Miller said the legislation would authorize same-sex civil marriages, as well as religious ceremonies if religions decide to "opt in." "I f... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 16:57:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1758114-british-government-to-legalize-same-sex-marriage.html 2012-12-11T16:57:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1755288-minn-gay-couple-71-marriage-case-united.html MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — When Jack Baker proposed to Michael McConnell that they join their lives together as a couple, in March 1967, McConnell accepted with a condition that was utterly radical for its time: that someday they would legally marry. Just a few years later, the U.S. Supreme Court slammed the door on the men's Minnesota lawsuit to be the first sam... Mon, 10 Dec 2012 08:42:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1755288-minn-gay-couple-71-marriage-case-united.html 2012-12-10T08:42:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1755316-gay-couples-wash-start-taking-wedding-vows.html SEATTLE (AP) — Keith Bacon and Corianton Hale wore dress shirts as they recited their vows at Seattle City Hall, as the city hosted more than 100 weddings on the first day same-sex couples could marry in Washington state. A few hours later Sunday, the happy couple had changed into matching t-shirts that read "Looks Like We Made It." "It's tremendously mea... Mon, 10 Dec 2012 08:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1755316-gay-couples-wash-start-taking-wedding-vows.html 2012-12-10T08:16:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1753906-same-sex-couples-wash-start-wedding-vows.html SEATTLE (AP) — Scores of same-sex couples crowded Seattle City Hall for a day of wedding ceremonies on Sunday, the first day they could marry after the state's voter-approved gay marriage law took effect. While numerous weddings were taking place across the state, both private and public, the city hall weddings were the largest public event, with more tha... Mon, 10 Dec 2012 02:45:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1753906-same-sex-couples-wash-start-wedding-vows.html 2012-12-10T02:45:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1754056-hope-fear-gay-marriage-cases-high-court.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Gay marriage supporters see 41 reasons to fret over the Supreme Court's decision to take up the case of California's ban on same-sex unions. While nine states allow same-sex partners to marry, or will soon, 41 states do not. Of those, 30 have written gay marriage bans into their state constitutions. That fact is worrisome to those who fi... Mon, 10 Dec 2012 02:10:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1754056-hope-fear-gay-marriage-cases-high-court.html 2012-12-10T02:10:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1753124-same-sex-weddings-wash-to-sunday.html OLYMPIA, WASH. (AP) — Two retired military women who fought for the rights of gays in the military were among the hundreds of couples who received their marriage licenses this week as Washington state's voter-approved law allowing same-sex marriage took effect. Former Air Force flight nurse Maj. Margaret Witt, of Spokane, and retired nurse, Army Col. Gret... Sat, 08 Dec 2012 19:23:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1753124-same-sex-weddings-wash-to-sunday.html 2012-12-08T19:23:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1752574-same-sex-marriage-cases-supreme-court-review.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is taking a potentially historic look at same-sex marriage by agreeing to hear two cases that challenge governments' different treatment of gay Americans. The focus in one case is California's constitutional amendment that forbids same-sex marriage. The other case deals with a federal law that denies to those who can ma... Sat, 08 Dec 2012 07:46:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1752574-same-sex-marriage-cases-supreme-court-review.html 2012-12-08T07:46:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1751668-supreme-court-will-hear-same-sex-marriage-cases.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court plunged into the contentious issue of gay marriage Friday when it agreed to take up California's ban on same-sex unions and a separate dispute about federal benefits for legally married gay couples. The court's action gives the justices the chance to say by late June whether gay Americans have the same constitutional ri... Sat, 08 Dec 2012 01:58:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1751668-supreme-court-will-hear-same-sex-marriage-cases.html 2012-12-08T01:58:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1747818-gay-washington-couples-marriage-licenses.html SEATTLE (AP) — Hundreds of same-sex couples across Washington state started picking up marriage licenses Thursday as a voter-approved law legalizing gay marriage took effect. King County, the state's largest, opened the doors to its auditor's office in Seattle just after midnight to start distributing licenses. But hundreds of people had lined up hours ea... Fri, 07 Dec 2012 02:32:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1747818-gay-washington-couples-marriage-licenses.html 2012-12-07T02:32:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1746774-gregoire-signs-wash-gay-marriage-law.html OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Gov. Chris Gregoire has signed into law a measure that legalizes same-sex marriage in Washington state, which now joins several other states that allow gay and lesbian couples to wed. Gregoire and Secretary of State Sam Reed certified the election on Wednesday afternoon, as they were joined by couples who plan to wed and community ac... Thu, 06 Dec 2012 06:07:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1746774-gregoire-signs-wash-gay-marriage-law.html 2012-12-06T06:07:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1736898-west-point-chapel-hosts-same-sex-wedding.html WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) — Cadet Chapel, the landmark Gothic church that is a center for spiritual life at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, hosted its first same-sex wedding Saturday. Penelope Gnesin and Brenda Sue Fulton, a West Point graduate, exchanged vows in the regal church in an afternoon ceremony, attended by about 250 guests and conducted by... Sat, 01 Dec 2012 23:00:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1736898-west-point-chapel-hosts-same-sex-wedding.html 2012-12-01T23:00:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1731998-gay-marriage-supreme-court-cases-weighed.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The running fight over gay marriage is shifting from the ballot box to the Supreme Court. Three weeks after voters backed same-sex marriage in three states and defeated a ban in a fourth, the justices met Friday to discuss whether they should deal sooner rather than later with the claim that the Constitution gives people the right to mar... Fri, 30 Nov 2012 19:48:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1731998-gay-marriage-supreme-court-cases-weighed.html 2012-11-30T19:48:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1728726-texas-to-seize-warren-jeffs-polygamist-ranch.html AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas wants ownership of Warren Jeffs' massive ranch where prosecutors say the convicted polygamist sect leader and his followers sexually assaulted dozens of children, the state attorney general's office said Wednesday. A judge will determine whether to grant the state control of the nearly 1,700-acre property owned by the Fundamenta... Wed, 28 Nov 2012 23:09:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1728726-texas-to-seize-warren-jeffs-polygamist-ranch.html 2012-11-28T23:09:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1723702-carla-bruni-backs-gay-marriage-feminism.html PARIS (AP) — France's former first lady Carla Bruni says she disagrees with her conservative husband Nicolas Sarkozy and supports a plan to allow gay marriage and adoption. In an interview with the French edition of Vogue for its December issue, the 44-year-old singer and supermodel said: "I'm rather in favor because I have a lot of friends — men and wome... Mon, 26 Nov 2012 15:29:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1723702-carla-bruni-backs-gay-marriage-feminism.html 2012-11-26T15:29:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1722400-benefits-fight-brings-lesbian-couple-to-high-court.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Like a lot of newlyweds, Karen Golinski was eager to enjoy the financial fruits of marriage. Within weeks of her wedding, she applied to add her spouse to her employer-sponsored health care plan, a move that would save the couple thousands of dollars a year. Her ordinarily routine request still is being debated more than four years la... Mon, 26 Nov 2012 08:19:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1722400-benefits-fight-brings-lesbian-couple-to-high-court.html 2012-11-26T08:19:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1714522-turkey-pie-politics-t-day-family-friction.html Ah, Thanksgiving. A little turkey, some cranberry mold, maybe apple pie with ice cream, some football on TV. Getting together with the cousins. Catching up beside the fire. Togetherness. On second thought: Scratch that. What were we thinking? This was an election year. "The Thanksgiving table will be a battleground," says Andrew Marshall, 34, of Quincy, M... Tue, 20 Nov 2012 19:10:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1714522-turkey-pie-politics-t-day-family-friction.html 2012-11-20T19:10:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1711982-powerful-supermajorities-elected-to-statehouses.html JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — There's a new superpower growing in the Great Plains and the South, where bulging Republican majorities in state capitols could dramatically cut taxes and change public education with barely a whimper of resistance from Democrats. Contrast that with California, where voters have given Democrats a new dominance that could allow t... Mon, 19 Nov 2012 20:01:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1711982-powerful-supermajorities-elected-to-statehouses.html 2012-11-19T20:01:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1709474-pro-anti-gay-protesters-clash-paris.html PARIS (AP) — The controversial Ukrainian group Femen, whose topless members stage pranks to support gay rights, have taunted a march in Paris by Catholics who oppose France's draft law to legalize gay marriage. The Catholic group Civitas organized Sunday's march by several thousand people carrying pro-family banners. Several Femen activists turned up topl... Sun, 18 Nov 2012 16:52:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1709474-pro-anti-gay-protesters-clash-paris.html 2012-11-18T16:52:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1708084-anti-gay-marriage-marchers-take-to-french-streets.html PARIS (AP) — Groups opposed to President Francois Hollande's plans to legalize gay marriage and gay adoptions took to the streets Saturday across France. Hollande said he would enact his "marriage for everyone" plan within a year of coming to power in May, but vocal opposition from religious leaders, some politicians and parts of rural France has divided ... Sat, 17 Nov 2012 18:41:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1708084-anti-gay-marriage-marchers-take-to-french-streets.html 2012-11-17T18:41:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1705882-man-demoted-facebook-comments-wins-case.html LONDON (AP) — Britain's High Court ruled Friday that a Christian was unfairly demoted for posting his opposition to gay marriage on Facebook. Adrian Smith was stripped of his management position with the Trafford Housing Trust in northwest England and had his salary cut by 40 percent after posting that gay weddings in churches were "an equality too far." ... Fri, 16 Nov 2012 17:37:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1705882-man-demoted-facebook-comments-wins-case.html 2012-11-16T17:37:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1700580-uruguay-congress-considers-same-sex-marriage-law.html MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — Uruguay's congress is considering a gay marriage law that would give same-sex couples all the same rights and responsibilities of heterosexual married couples. The country already has a civil unions law and has stood out in Latin America lately for legalizing abortion and planning to sell government-grown marijuana to any citize... Wed, 14 Nov 2012 19:09:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1700580-uruguay-congress-considers-same-sex-marriage-law.html 2012-11-14T19:09:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1698354-husband-slain-iraqi-american-pleads-guilty.html EL CAJON, Calif. (AP) — There were signs that her traditional Muslim family may have been struggling in the U.S. even before Shaima Alawadi was murdered: Court documents say she was contemplating a divorce, and her teenage daughter was resisting an arranged marriage. Authorities initially believed Alawadi died as part of a hate crime. Now, they say the Ir... Wed, 14 Nov 2012 00:23:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1698354-husband-slain-iraqi-american-pleads-guilty.html 2012-11-14T00:23:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1695712-catholic-bishops-stay-course-gay-marriage-fight.html BALTIMORE (AP) — A subdued U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops acknowledged Monday that voters rejected the stands they took against gay marriage and birth control, but church leaders gave no sign they would change their strategy ahead. Same-sex marriage supporters made a four-state sweep of ballot measures last week, despite intensive advocacy by Roman C... Mon, 12 Nov 2012 21:47:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1695712-catholic-bishops-stay-course-gay-marriage-fight.html 2012-11-12T21:47:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1692160-obamas-wins-midwest-harbinger.html DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — No matter how long the nation's unemployment rate hovered around 8 percent, the Northeast and the West Coast were never in doubt for Barack Obama. No matter how far it might have fallen before Election Day, Mitt Romney was always sure to win the South and rural Great Plains. Nothing was so certain in the Midwest. Iowa and the state... Sat, 10 Nov 2012 18:49:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1692160-obamas-wins-midwest-harbinger.html 2012-11-10T18:49:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1691966-liberians-launch-campaign-gay-marriage.html MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — A few hundred Liberians representing the Christian and Muslim faiths and civil society organizations gathered here Saturday to launch a campaign to press the government to ban same-sex marriage. The campaign is seeking 1 million signatures supporting a resolution to ban gay and lesbian activities here. More than 25,000 signatures ... Sat, 10 Nov 2012 16:53:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1691966-liberians-launch-campaign-gay-marriage.html 2012-11-10T16:53:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1691770-vatican-digs-gay-marriage-advances.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican is digging in after gay marriage initiatives scored big wins this week in the U.S. and Europe, vowing to never stop insisting that marriage can only be between a man and a woman. In a front-page article in Saturday's Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, the Holy See sought to frame itself as the lone voice of courage in ... Sat, 10 Nov 2012 15:48:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1691770-vatican-digs-gay-marriage-advances.html 2012-11-10T15:48:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1691444-egypt-muslim-sisters-rise-with-conservative-vision.html CAIRO (AP) — The rise of the Muslim Brotherhood to power in Egypt has brought with it a new group of female politicians who say they are determined to bring more women into leadership roles — and at the same time want to consecrate a deeply conservative Islamic vision for women in Egypt. Women's rights have sprung to the forefront of the debate in Egypt a... Sat, 10 Nov 2012 05:52:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1691444-egypt-muslim-sisters-rise-with-conservative-vision.html 2012-11-10T05:52:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1688166-washington-voters-approve-gay-marriage.html OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington state has approved gay marriage, joining Maine and Maryland as the first states to pass same-sex marriage by popular vote. With about three-quarters of the expected ballots counted Thursday, Referendum 74 was maintaining its lead of 52 percent. Opponents conceded the race Thursday, while supporters declared victory a day e... Fri, 09 Nov 2012 01:09:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1688166-washington-voters-approve-gay-marriage.html 2012-11-09T01:09:00Z