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Spanish Official Demands European Union Lifts Gay Blood Ban
A Spanish MEP has criticized the European Union countries that prohibit gays from donating blood – and is demanding that the European Commission takes action against this collective discrimination. The two countries specifically mentioned are the United Kingdom and France, which continue their ban on all gays because they are considered an 'at-risk' group in relation to HIV.
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Fashion Goggles
Seeing the world through gay-colored glasses
By Duane Wells
Fashionistas the world over are all buzzing around like queens at a designer sample sale as one of the most important months in fashion gets underway this week. There’s so much to get to, I hardly know where to begin in this inaugural column so I suppose I’ll just start at the beginning.
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Pope Defends 'Traditional' Family in Visit to Spain
By Troy Espera
Pope Benedict XVI stops in Spain this weekend as part of his campaign to defend the traditional family, visiting a predominantly Roman Catholic country that allows gay marriage, divorce and abortion. Benedict has been denouncing gay marriage and other challenges to church doctrine in Europe and elsewhere — recently summed up by the Vatican as the "greatest threat ever" to the traditional family based on marriage between a man and a woman.
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Spanish Magistrate Resigns, Refusing to Officiate Same-Sex Marriages
By Danny McCoy
The Madrid magistrate who refused to marry same-sex couples after gay marriage was legalized throughout Spain has presented a formal resignation to the country’s Supreme Court. Attitude toward gay marriage in Spain has been mixed since the law went into effect this summer.
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Spain to Hear Gay Marriage Opposition
By Angela D’Amboise
One of Spain’s highest courts has agreed to hear a challenge to the country’s gay marriage laws, which came into effect earlier this year despite the country’s close ties to the Catholic Church. Gay marriage was legalized in the country in June to the dismay of religious and conservative leaders.
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Spain Legalizes Gay Marriage
By Ross von Metzke
Spain became the third European country to legalize gay marriage Thursday in a parliament vote that left gay activists blowing kisses to lawmakers and the Catholic Church issuing calls for defiance. Just 24 hours after Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin’s push for legalized same-sex marriage got its final vote of approval Wednesday, Spain’s 350-seat Congress of Deputies, by a vote of 187-147 with four abstentions, approved the measure.
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Spain's Senate Rejects Bid for Legalized Same-Sex Marriage
By Ross von Metzke
Following months of debate and discussion, members of Spain's Senate voted against plans to introduce marriage rights to lesbian and gay couples in an 131 to 119 vote. In spite of the setback, the gay marriage proposals have already received backing from the Spain's lower house of parliament and are still likely to be passed.
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Spanish Prime Minister Defends Gay Marriage Against Catholic Church
By Ross von Metzke
Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero has defended a new law allowing gay couples to marry this week, in a veiled counter-attack on the Roman Catholic Church, which has urged Bishops and Catholics to resist the new law. Spain’s parliament gave initial approval to the law last month, causing an immediate backlash at the Spanish Bishops' Conference to step up its campaign against the measure.
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Spanish Mayors Speak Out Against Same-Sex Marriage Bill
By Ross von Metzke
Following a movement by Spanish parliament to allow gay couples to marry and adopt children last week, several Spanish mayors are lashing out, saying they will refuse to marry same sex couples despite a bill passed by deputies legalizing the ceremonies. Spain's Roman Catholic bishops have launched a campaign to oppose the bill.
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