Dale Frost holds the wedding ring which he purchased for his partner Mark Massey before their wedding at the City Clerk's Office in New York October 11, 2012. The couple met in 2010 and decided to make the trek from their home state of Georgia to marry in New York, where same sex marriage is legal. Andrew Kelly/Reuters
People chant slogans as they demonstrate against gay marriage, adoption, and procreation assistance in Paris, April 4, 2013. The French Senate took a look at a controversial gay marriage bill, which gives homosexual couples the right to marry and adopt children. The bill has passed in the lower house but divided society, as opponents clamoured for a referendum. Christian Hartmann/Reuters
People gather at the Place de la Bastille to protest against homophobic attacks stemming from protests against France's planned legalization of same-sex marriage in Paris, April 21, 2013. Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters
Paul Clement, standing second right, with Solicitor General Donald Verrilli Jr., seated right, addresses the US Supreme Court in Washington, March 27, 2013, as the court heard arguments on the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) case. Justices, from left, are Sonia Sotomayor, Stephen Breyer, Clarence Thomas, Antonin Scalia, Chief Justice John Roberts, Anthony Kennedy, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Samuel Alito, and Elena Kagan. Dana Verkouteren/AP
Plaintiff Edith Windsor of New York reacts as she looks toward supporters in front of the US Supreme Court in Washington, March 27, 2013, after the court heard arguments on the Defense Against Marriage Act (DOMA). The high court, in the second day of gay marriage cases, turned Wednesday to a constitutional challenge to the federal law that prevents legally married gay Americans from collecting federal benefits generally available to straight married couples. Carolyn Kaster/AP
Face-painted Filipino gays and lesbians cheer after marching around the University of the Philippines campus at suburban Quezon city, northeast of Manila, Philippines, June 28, 2011, to support and celebrate the signing of the same-sex marriage law in New York last week. The gays and lesbians, in their statement, urged Philippine President Benigno Aquino III 'to follow the United Nations and move towards the recognition and promotion of human rights for Filipino lesbians, gays, bisexual and transgenders.' Bullit Marquez/AP
Theresa Volpe (l.) testifies alongside her daughter, Ava, as her partner, Mercedes Santos, sits with their son, Jaidon, during an executive committee hearing of the Illinois Senate about same-sex marriage, at the State Capitol, Jan. 3, 2013, in Springfield, Ill. Seth Perlman/AP
Australian MP Ian Hunter (l.) holds hands with his partner, Leith Semmens, during their wedding in the town of Jun, southern Spain, Dec. 19, 2012. Hunter told Australian media that the two had decided to marry in Spain given that gay marriage is not legal in Australia. Pepe Marin/Reuters
Frances Newby prepares to slice a wedding cake to celebrate the passage of Amendment One at an election night party in Raleigh, N.C., on May 8, 2012. North Carolina voters approved the constitutional amendment defining marriage solely as a union between a man and a woman, becoming the latest state to refuse to allow same-sex marriages. Robert Willett/The News & Observer/AP
A smiling same sex female couple stand by their cake during a mass wedding at a night club in Taipei, Taiwan, when 60 same sex female couples tied the knot during this mass wedding in the nation that does not legally recognize same sex marriages, Aug. 20, 2011. Wally Santana/AP
Sandy Stier, left, and Kris Perry of Berkeley, Calif., arrive at the National Archives in Washington March 25, 2013, to view the US Constitution, a day before their same-sex marriage case is heard before the Supreme Court. Jose Luis Magana/AP
Zachariah Long, (l.), and Edward Ritchie protest against a gay marriage bill on Feb. 17, 2012 in Annapolis, Md. Patrick Semansky/AP
Carmela Kenney arranges a bridal veil for a same-sex pair of mannequins in the window of Sposabella Couture June 27, 2011, in Brooklyn, N.Y. New York businesses that cater to the wedding and honeymoon trade were seeking an economic jolt from the passage of the same-sex marriage law. Mark Lennihan/AP
Jonathan Paul Ganucheau kisses his bride, Denise Buckbinder Ganucheau, in Washington on May 5, 2009. The Dallas, Texas, couple wed in a religious ceremony that was part of a protest against the decision of the District of Columbia City Council to approve legislation recognizing same sex marriages performed in other states. Jacquelyn Martin/AP
Gay couple Ethan Collings (l.) and his spouse, Stephen Abate, hug as they celebrate their one-year wedding anniversary in West Hollywood, Calif., on June 16, 2009. Lucy Nicholson/Reuters
Gina Smith (l.,) her partner, Heidi Norton, and son Avery react to applause from the crowd outside City Hall in Northampton, Mass., Jan. 17, 2004, after getting their marriage certificate. They were one of seven gay couples who brought a court case to allow gay marriage in Massachusetts. Melanie Stetson Freeman/The Christian Science Monitor
Gay rights activist cheer after a session at the city's assembly in Mexico City Dec. 21, 2009. Mexico City's assembly voted to extend gay couples full marriage rights in a landmark law that is the first of its kind in Latin America, a traditionally macho and Catholic region. The bill takes a 2006 law allowing civil unions by allowing gay couples to access family social security benefits and apply for joint credits as if they were a straight couple. Daniel Aguilar/Reuters
Russa's 'gay pride fines' impose hefty fines for providing information about the LGBT community to minors or holding gay pride rallies. Individuals will be fined up to 5,000 rubles ($156) and 1 million rubles ($31,000) for a company, including media organizations. Foreign citizens arrested under the new law can be deported or jailed for up to 15 days and then deported.
A bill that stigmatizes gay people and forbids participating in gay pride activities won overwhelming approval Tuesday in Russia's lower house of parliament. The bill will fine individuals up to 5,000 rubles ($156) and fine companies (including media outlets) up to 1 million rubles ($31,000). Foreign citizens helping to organize gay pride events can be deported or jailed for up to 15 days and then deported.
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