South Africa: Gay marriage becomes legal
30/11/2006

Cape Town - Same-sex couples can legally get married from Thursday with the Civil Union Bill having been signed into law by deputy president Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka.

Mlambo-Ngcuka approved the legislation in her capacity as acting president during President Thabo Mbeki's absence, while he attends a conference in Nigeria.

The Act seeks to regulate the solemnisation and registration of civil unions, by way of either marriage or a civil partnership, and provides for the legal consequences of the solemnisation and registration of civil unions. the rest

Same-sex marriage hearing expedited
Judge rules SJC should take on suit
By Andrew Ryan, Globe Correspondent
December 1, 2006

Governor Mitt Romney will get another chance to rally against gay marriage before he leaves office in January after a single justice ruled yesterday that the full state Supreme Judicial Court should rush to hear his lawsuit seeking to override the Legislature and put a constitutional amendment on the ballot that would ban same-sex marriages . story


California Homosexual 'Marriage' Bill Returns from the Grave
Thomasson: "To continue to push for full-blown 'gay marriage' licenses is unlawful, unconstitutional and undemocratic."

SACRAMENTO, Dec. 1 /Christian Newswire/ -- A San Francisco assemblyman is bringing back his "gender-neutral marriage" bill in an attempt to create homosexual "marriages" in California.

On December 4, when the California State Assembly convenes for a one-day organizational meeting, gay activist Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) will reintroduce his bill, which is sure to become California's biggest legislative battle of 2007.

"As Californians prepare to celebrate Christmas, the Democrats have declared war upon marriage between a man and a woman," said Randy Thomasson, president of Campaign for Children and Families (CCF), a leading California-based pro-family organization that led the statewide battle to protect marriage in 2004 and 2005. the rest