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| May.25 |
Los Angeles |
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Johnny Depp and Amber Heard in marriage split Film star Johnny Depp and his actress wife Amber Heard are to divorce, US court documents have revealed
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| Apr.7 |
Vatican |
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 Pope Francis to make key marriage pronouncement Francis is to make public the conclusions of his two Synods on the family in a document eagerly awaited by 1.3 billion Roman Catholics
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| Sep.29 |
Yemen |
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Yemen conflict: Wedding attack death toll rises to 130  Missiles hit two tents in a village near the Red Sea port of Mocha, where a man linked to the Houthi rebel movement was celebrating his marr...
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| Sep.8 |
Kentucky |
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Kim Davis released from jail in dispute over gay marriage  A judge has released a state official so long as she does not interfere with her deputies when they issue marriage licences to gay couples
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| Sep.4 |
Kentucky |
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'Holdout' Kentucky county issues gay marriage licences Map of Rowan County Kentucky Kentucky A county in the state of Kentucky has started issuing marriage licences to gay couples after the county clerk was jailed for refusing to do so
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| Dec.21 |
England |
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Elton John and David Furnish marry
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| Dec.13 |
Netherlands |
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Crane to be used in marriage proposal falls over
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| Nov.30 |
Uruguay |
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Leftist leader wins Uruguay's presidency Tabaré Vazquez of the left-wing Broad Front coalition led the charge to legalize marijuana and same-sex marriage
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| Nov.9 |
St. Petersburg |
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Russian lawmaker Vitaly Milonov angry at 'same-sex wedding'
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| Nov.1 |
Cairo |
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Jail time after same-sex wedding video surfaces A court in Egypt has sentenced eight men to three years in prison for appearing in a video alleged to show a gay marriage
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| Sep.14 |
Vatican |
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Pope marries 20 cohabiting couples in sign of papacy shift
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| Mar.21 |
Detroit |
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Michigan gay-marriage ban quashed
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| Feb.22 |
Sochi |
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Russia's Wild wins second snowboard gold
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| Feb.14 |
Vatican |
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Pope Francis gives marriage advice In a gesture toward Valentine's Day, Pope Francis gave his advice on how to have a happy marriage before thousands of young engaged couple
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| Feb.8 |
New York |
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US extends gay marriage legal rights
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| Dec.1 |
Croatia |
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Croatians back same-sex marriage ban in referendum
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| Jun.6 |
Moscow |
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 Vladimir Putin and wife Lyudmila divorce Russian President Vladimir Putin and his wife Lyudmila have said their marriage is over. The couple had been married for 30 years
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| May.29 |
Southern France |
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First gay couple to wed in France Two men will become the first gay couple to wed in France, just days after President Francois Hollande signed the same-sex marriage bill into...
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| May.26 |
Paris |
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Big anti-gay marriage rally in Paris
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| May.17 |
Paris |
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Hollande to sign gay marriage bill
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| Apr.23 |
Paris |
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France approves gay marriage law France has become the 14th country to approve a law allowing gay marriage. The bil was passed by 321 votes to 225 in the French parliament
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| Mar.27 |
U.S. Supreme Court |
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US court hears second gay marriage case The court is considering whether to strike down a law denying federal benefits to same-sex couples, a day after weighing a gay marriage ban
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| Mar.26 |
U.S. Supreme Court |
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Supreme Court to hear Defense of Marriage Act case The Supreme Court is to consider whether to strike down a law denying fed. Benefits to same-sex couples, a day after weighing a gay marriage...
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U.S. Supreme Court |
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US court weighs gay marriage ban The US Supreme Court is hearing arguments on whether the state of California can ban same-sex marriage
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| Mar.15 |
Ohio |
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Top US Republican favours gay unions| Influential Republican Senator Rob Portman has renounced his opposition to gay marriage | |
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| Dec.3 |
London |
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William and Kate expecting royal child Britain's Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, are expecting their first child after 19 months of marriage
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| Oct.20 |
Luxembourg |
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Crown Prince Guillaume weds| Luxembourg is celebrating the marriage of its Crown Prince Guillaume, 30, to 28-year-old Belgian Countess Stephanie de Lannoy | |
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| Jul.27 |
Seattle |
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Tech titan backs gay marriage law| Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon.com and his wife are donating $2.5m to defend a gay marriage law passed in the US state of Washington | |
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| Jun.29 |
Southern California |
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Tom Cruise and Holmes to divorce Hollywood A-listers Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes are divorcing, bringing an end to a five-year marriage
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| Jan.20 |
South Carolina |
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Gingrich leads opinion polls Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich has not been damaged by an ex-wife's claim he wanted an open marriage, opinion polls suggest
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| Apr.29 |
London |
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Royal newly-weds party at palace The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have celebrated their marriage with dinner and dancing at Buckingham, along with about 300 friends and fam...
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| Mar.31 |
India |
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India and Pakistan unite in marriage
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| Mar.4 |
Mexico |
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Law allows same-sex unions takes effect Map of Mexico City Mexico| A law allowing same-sex weddings took effect in Mexico City, one day after the second same-sex marriage was performed in Argentina | |
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| Mar.3 |
Washington |
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DC issues same-sex licences| More than 120 gay couples have received marriage licences in the US capital becaming the sixth US jurisdiction to allow same-sex unions | |
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| May.26 |
California |
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California backs gay marriage ban| The state Supreme Court has upheld a ban on same-sex marriage rejecteding a challenge from gay-rights activists | |
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| Mar.24 |
Saudi Arabia |
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Girl in marriage case wins appeal| An appeals court has rejected and refused to certify a court ruling allowing a 47-year-old man's marriage to an 8-year-old girl | |
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| Dec.23 |
Saudi Arabia |
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Judge refuses to annul marriage of girl, 8 A Saudi judge refused to annul a marriage between an 8-year-old girl and a 47-year-old man, a union arranged by the girl's father to settle his...
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| Nov.26 |
Italy |
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Pavarotti's widow sues for $44 million Nicoletta Mantovani has sued two friends of the late tenor, claiming their comments about her marriage were defamatory
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| Sep.25 |
Utah |
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Polygamist leader Jeffs found guilty| Warren Jeffs has been convicted of being an accomplice to rape for arranging the marriage of a 14-year-old girl to her older cousin | |
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| Dec.30 |
Chicago |
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 Jordans file for divorce Michael and his wife, Juanita, filed for divorce after 17 years of marriage
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| Jul.26 |
Seattle |
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State court backs gay marriage ban| Top court in Washington state backed the Defense of Marriage Act, which limits marriage to heterosexual couples | |
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| Jun.7 |
U.S. Senate |
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Senate blocks gay marriage ban| The motion gained the votes of 49 senators, 11 short of the needed to allow the process to go forward | |
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| Jun.3 |
Washington |
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 Bush calls for gay marriage ban| US President in his weekly radio address has called for a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriages | |
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| Apr.12 |
Saudi Arabia |
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Clerics rule against forced marriage Saudi clerics are saying that fathers who try to force their daughters to marry should be jailed
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| Feb.22 |
England |
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 Queen to miss Charles' wedding| The Queen will not attend the civil marriage ceremony of her son and his new bride Camilla Parker Bowles | |
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| Jan.7 |
Southern California |
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Aniston, Pitt separating| After more 4 years of marriage, Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston have decided to formally separate | |
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| Jul.14 |
U.S. Senate |
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Ban on same-sex marriage failed in Senate
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| Oct.1 |
Romania |
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Inquiry into gypsy child wedding The Government has opened an inquiry into the marriage of the 15-year-old schoolgirl daughter of a gypsy king
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| Nov.10 |
Nigeria |
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Nigeria to block stoning of women Nigeria will block Islamic courts from carrying out stonings of women sentenced to death for sex outside marriage
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| Oct.3 |
Denmark |
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 Miss Denmark joins sharia boycott| 23-year-old Majsa Juel protests against a death sentence imposed on a Nigerian woman for having sex outside marriage | |
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| Jun.5 |
Nigeria |
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Amnesty appeal over Nigeria mother| An urgent appeal issued to free Amina Lawal, 30, sentenced to death after she confessed to having a child out of marriage | |
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| Aug.14 |
Vatican |
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 Married archbishop repents| Emmanual Milingo, a Zambian archbishop, has renounced his marriage with a Korean woman | |
before year 2000
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| Dec. 1, 1919 |
London |
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Lady Astor first woman member of House of Commons| Viscountess Astor was an American-born English socialite who made a second marriage to Waldorf Astor as a young woman in England | |
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| Mar. 21, 1556 |
England |
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Thomas Cranmer burned at the stake Map of Oxford England United Kingdom| A leader of the English Reformation and Archbishop of Canterbury. He built the case for the annulment of Henry's marriage to Catherine of Aragon | |
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| Jan. 19, 1469 |
Madrid |
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Union of Aragon and Castile| The marriage of Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon had united under one Royal House two of the greatest of these kingdoms | |
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| Apr. 22, 1451 |
Spain |
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Queen Isabella of Spain born Map of Madrigal de las Altas Torres Spain| Isabella I was Queen of Castille. She was married to Ferdinand II of Aragon. Their marriage became the basis for the political unification of Spain | |
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| May. 18, 1152 |
France |
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Marriage of Henry II and Eleanor| By 1172, he controlled England, large parts of Wales, the eastern half of Ireland and the western half of France | |
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