U.S. Supreme Court to rule on Gay Marriage

The U.S. Supreme Court shall rule this year upon whether gay couples have a right to marry across all states.  A successful ruling would see gay marriage being legalized throughout the U.S.  In an exciting development, the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case pertaining to the legalization of same-sex marriages throughout the

Lithuanian Parliament endorses constitutional amendment linking family to marriage

On 10 December 2013 the Lithuanian Parliament voted in favour of the Constitutional amendment, which redefines a constitutionally protected concept of “family life” as emanating from traditional marriage by a man and a woman and stipulates that family arises from motherhood and fatherhood. After the first hearing, 65 MPs voted yes for amending the Constitution,

On 14 November 2013 a group of 108 Lithuanian MPs registered a Constitutional amendment, which would redefine a constitutionally protected concept of ‘family life’ as emanating from a traditional marriage by a man and a woman and/or from motherhood and fatherhood. This is the second time as the Lithuanian Parliament seeks to amend the Constitution