Same-Sex Marriage Ban Challenge Tossed by Australia Judge

An Australian judge threw out a challenge to the nation's ban on same-sex marriage, ruling it doesn't amount to gender discrimination. Neither gay men nor lesbians are allowed to marry under the legislation and thus both sexes are treated equally, Federal Court of Australia Justice Jayne Jagot said in her ruling in Sydney yesterday....

Bloomberg Businessweek • Feb 25, 2013

Illinois Gay-Marriage Bill Stalls Despite Broad Backing

A same-sex marriage bill in Illinois stalled in the Senate after gaining traction from a coalition that includes President Barack Obama and the chairman of the state Republican Party, Pat Brady. While the bill emerged from a Senate committee yesterday, the full chamber declined to vote on the measure, raising the prospect that final action may be delayed until a new legislative session that begins...

Bloomberg Businessweek • Jan 4, 2013

Gay-Marriage Activists Split on Next Move After Victories

The rift between Goldstein and Gusciora, one of two openly gay lawmakers, mirrors national splintering, as some activists question the no-ballot stance endorsed by the Washington-based Human Rights Campaign and New York-based Freedom to Marry, the biggest financial backers of gay-marriage measures. ...

Bloomberg Businessweek • Dec 21, 2012

Democratic Party Backs Same-Sex Marriage for 2012 Platform

Today's action at the platform committee meeting in Detroit sends the document for ratification by delegates to next month's Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina. President Barack Obama, a Democrat, said in May that he supports same-sex marriage. Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney doesn't. ...

Bloomberg Businessweek • Aug 13, 2012

Amazon's Bezos Joins Singer, Asness In Gay-Marriage Donation

Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos is contributing $2.5 million to an effort to keep same-sex marriage legal in Washington, joining hedge-fund managers including Paul Singer and Cliff Asness in backing the issue in U.S. states. ...

Bloomberg Businessweek • Jul 30, 2012

Gay Marriage Produced $259 Million For New York City Economy

New York City reaped $259 million of economic benefits from same-sex marriages in the first year of the law allowing the practice, Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Council Speaker Christine Quinn said. At least 8,200 gay-marriage licenses were issued, accounting for more than 10 percent of the 75,000 wedding licenses issued in New York City in the past year, Bloomberg and Quinn said in a statement toda...

Bloomberg Businessweek • Jul 24, 2012

New Jersey Voters' Gay-Marriage Support Reaches High After Christie Veto

Registered voters favor gay marriage 57 percent to 37 percent, according to the survey released today. They also approve, 67 percent to 28 percent, Christie's proposal to put the matter on the November ballot, a plan rejected by Senate President Steve Sweeney and Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver, leaders in the Democratic-controlled Legislature. ...

Bloomberg Businessweek • Mar 1, 2012

Sarkozy's Minister Denies Gay Marriage to Be Added to Platform

Valerie Pecresse, the French government spokeswoman, denied a report in Liberation newspaper today that said Nicolas Sarkozy may include gay marriage in his re-election platform. ...

Bloomberg Businessweek • Jan 13, 2012

Gay Judge's Decision on California Marriage Law Ruled Valid

Attorneys for Proposition 8 proponents said they would appeal the ruling upholding Walker's ruling in San Francisco....

Bloomberg Businessweek • Jun 15, 2011

Widow's $363,000 Tax Bill Led to Obama Shift on Marriage Act

Holder, in his letter to Boehner and in his press statement, said he will tell the U.S. Court of Appeals in Boston and the judges in two San Francisco cases who are also considering the Defense of Marriage Act's constitutionality that the more rigorous standard of constitutional review is required. The current standard under case law in those federal circuits is that there merely be a rational ba...

Bloomberg Businessweek • Mar 6, 2011