Sentences with phrase «of gay couples held»

NYC & Co., the city's tourism arm, and the City Clerk's office conducted a survey of more than 1,700 same - sex couples, finding that since the Marriage Equality Act went into effect in July 2011, 67 percent of gay couples held wedding receptions at restaurants, homes or catering halls in the five boroughs.

Not exact matches

Aside from witnessing gay couples thrown out of the store for holding hands, I have witnessed Muslims told that (cultural slur) are not welcome.

If we add to this the sexual activity of young men of the same age, of gay men and lesbian women at a later stage of life, and that of unmarried and divorced heterosexual couples, it becomes clear that the sexual practice of people in our society is quite different from that held to be normative by the traditional teaching of the churches.

Things in the area are pretty LBGT - oriented, from affirming church to sex shops, and enough gay couples holding hands that, in this area at least, we don't feel out of place.

I do not hold an opinion on this issue but to ask from the sidelines if what you declare that Gays and Lesbians want are the rights then if Civil Unions which would give all of the rights and benefits to Gay and Lesbian couples in all matters, would you accept this and drop the desire for the term «marriage» to be used.

Firstly, one of our columnists, Steve Chalke, made the decision to hold a service of blessing in his church for a gay couple in his congregation.

The fact that the race was close, or that two other «yes» voters — Sens. Mark Grisanti and Steve Saland — managed to hold into their seats (albeit narrowly in Saland's case), is being spun by both sides as proof that New Yorkers, and the nation at large, remain closely divided on the question of whether gay couples should be allowed to legally wed..

However, unlike in Belgium, the Netherlands, Spain and Canada, gay couples in Britain will not hold the legal title of marriage, and only sign exclusively civil documents, rather than exchange spoken words in a civil or religious ceremony.

During an LGBT fundraiser held in NYC at the height of the state's battle over same - sex marriage, President Obama said gay couples «deserve the same rights as every other couple in our country,» but he stopped short of endorsing marriage outright.

A number of male same - sex couples have been attacked in NYC while holding hands, some even in broad daylight in areas of the city known to be gay - friendly.

The Supreme Court last week also cleared the way for the reinstatement of marriage rights for gay couples in California, ruling that the supporters of Proposition 8, the ballot measure that invalidated same - sex marriage in the state, did not have legal standing to appeal a ruling holding Proposition 8 unconstitutional.