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The suit contends that the Texas Constitution and other state laws violate the U.S. Constitution, including the right to equal protection.

The Committee on Judiciary and Labor, chaired by Sen. Clayton Hee, will conduct a public hearing at 10:30 am Hawaii time in the auditorium at the Capitol, 415 S. Beretania St.

Gay and lesbian couples are planning to join in on a mass same-gender marriage ceremony on Dec. 7 as the Australian government plans a court fight to stop the nuptials.

The five elected justices, who tend to lean liberal on social issues according to legal experts, will hear arguments in Griego v. Oliver, in which six same-gender couples sued the State of New Mexico and the County Clerks in Santa Fe and Bernalillo counties for the freedom to marry.

Australian Capital Territory -- Australia's version of the District of Columbia in the U.S. -- on Tuesday made history as the first place in Australia to embrace marriage equality.

Just hours after gay and lesbian couples in New Jersey began marrying one minute after midnight today, Gov. Chris Christie said that the State would drop its appeal of the federal court ruling mandating marriage equality.

Newark Mayor Cory A. Booker, the new Senator-elect from New Jersey, stayed up late Sunday night to marry seven gay, lesbian and straight couples in the moments after same-gender marriages were allowed to begin at 12:01 am Monday Eastern Time.

France's Constitutional Court, equivalent to the U.S. Supreme Court, ruled today that mayors must conduct same-gender marriages even if they oppose them.

A federal judge today heard arguments on motions to strike down Michigan’s voter-approved ban on same-gender marriage, but while he said “time is of the essence” he said he would expedite his written opinion.