Same-sex marriage

Same-sex marriage is marriage between individuals who are of the same legal or biological sex. It is also called same-gender marriage, gay marriage, marriage equality (favored by proponents, along with just marriage), and homosexual marriage (sometimes favored by opponents). These terms are considered variously ambiguous, confusing, inappropriate, controversial, offensive, or loaded, depending on the audience.

External links

General

• http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/06/28/samesex050628.html
• Open Directory Project - GLB Marriage and Domestic Partnership
• Yahoo! - Gay and Lesbian Marriage and Domestic Partnership
• LookSmart - Same-Sex Marriages
• New Scientist, 15 November 2004, Lesbian couples raise well-adjusted teenagers
• James Davidson, London Review of Books, 2 June 2005, "Mr and Mr and Mrs and Mrs" - detailed review of The Friend, by Alan Bray, a history of same-sex marriage and other same-sex formal bonds
• Legal regulations discriminating gays in Europe; http://europe.gayscout.org/law/german/europesex.php
• Legal protection before discrimination based on sexual orientation in Europe; http://europe.gayscout.org/law/german/europelaw.php
• Recognition of relationship of person of same-sex in Europe; http://europe.gayscout.org/law/german/europemarriage.php

Specific country/state

• Center for Policy Alternatives Marriage Equality Policy Model
• Stonewall campaign in the UK for links to government papers in PDF format
• The August 2004 decision from the Superior Court in Washington State legalizing same-sex marriage. (the decision awaits confirmation by the Washington Supreme Court before licences can be issued)

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~