Russian lesbian couple denied marriage license
A Russian lesbian couple was denied a marriage license by an embarassed-looking government official Tuesday, just days ahead of a banned gay pride parade in Moscow.
A lesbian couple in England have begun a legal challenge to the ban on gay marriage by filing an application to wed. Sharon Ferguson, 52 and Franka Strietzel, 49, applied for a civil marriage licence in a direct challenge to the UK's ban on same-sex marriage.