Same-sex Marriage

Reports: Bug Allows Gay Marriage In Video Game; Fix Likely

Bill Chappell — Tue, 14 May 2013 15:10:00 +0000

Days after the gaming world began to buzz with reports that Nintendo's new life simulation game allows men to marry other men, it now seems that Nintendo is removing that possibility, which by all reports was unintended.

Questions arose after players of the popular new game Tomodachi Collection: New Life realized that men could marry men. They could also date, and raise children.

With Senate Approval, Delaware Poised To Allow Gay Marriage

Tue, 07 May 2013 21:29:00 +0000

The Delaware Senate passed a bill that would legalize same-sex marriages. Gov. Jack Markell said he would sign the bill, which means that the state is poised to become the 11th in the country to allow gay marriages.

The vote comes less than a week after Rhode Island Gov.

Some Democrats Back Same-Sex Amendment To Immigration Bill

Brian Naylor — Mon, 06 May 2013 20:29:00 +0000

The immigration overhaul bill before the Senate would provide, among other things, more visas for migrant farm workers and high-tech workers, and a path to citizenship for the estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants in the United States.

One thing it would not provide is help for same-sex couples in which one partner is an American and one foreign-born. For heterosexual couples, a foreign-born spouse automatically qualifies for a green card and many of the benefits of citizenship.

Iowa Court: List Both Same-Sex Parents On Birth Certificates

Scott Neuman — Fri, 03 May 2013 16:02:00 +0000

Iowa's Supreme Court has ruled unanimously that the state's health department must include the names of both same-sex spouses as parents on a child's birth certificate.

The ruling stems from a challenge brought by Heather and Melissa Gartner of Des Moines, following the Iowa Department of Public Health's refusal in 2009 to list Heather as a p

Rhode Island Becomes 10th State To Allow Same-Sex Marriage

Eyder Peralta — Thu, 02 May 2013 22:12:00 +0000

Update at 7:08 p.m. ET. Governor Signs The Bill:

"We are making history," Gov. Lincoln Chafee said right before he signed a bill that legalizes same-sex marriage in Rhode Island. "We are living up to the ideal of our founders."

With that, the state became the 10th to allow marriages between same-sex couples.