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Gay Couples Stage Mock Weddings as Australia Rejects Unions (Bloomberg) - Aug. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Australia’s governing Labor Party rejected calls for same-sex unions as gay couples staged mock weddings in Sydney. The party said gay couples would be “recognized,” making it easier to claim entitlements and medical benefits, and reiterated that marriage should only be available for heterosexual unions.

L.I. Clerk Denies Overcharging to Officiate Weddings (1010 WINS New York) - A Long Island elected official has been accused of defrauding more than 100 couples by charging $200 to officiate at their weddings. That's more than twice the $75 charge legally allowed to conduct weddings outside town hall.

Quakers approve gay weddings in Britain (AFP via Yahoo! News) - The religious Quaker movement gave the green light Friday for gay wedding ceremonies, in a move welcomed by campaigners for homosexual rights.

U.K. Quakers Recognize Same-Sex Marriage, Will Allow Weddings (Bloomberg) - July 31 (Bloomberg) -- British Quakers have agreed to recognize same-sex marriage and allow their communities to conduct wedding ceremonies for gay couples.

Sauvie Island: Kruger loses bid to host weddings, parties (The Oregonian) - The summer concerts and corn maze are back, but Multnomah County rejected Don Kruger's request to continue renting out portions of his 80-acre Sauvie Island farm for weddings, bike races and kids birthday parties....

Albanian government presents draft law to legalize same-sex civil weddings (Sun-Sentinel) - TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania's governing Democrats have proposed a law allowing same-sex civil weddings in the small, predominantly Muslim country.

Spiegel Farms weddings can continue through end of year (Spartanburg Herald-Journal) - A bride-to-be hugs Sue Spiegel after a ruling on Wednesday that all weddings at Spiegel Farms must cease on Dec. 20, a day after the last scheduled ceremony.

UK Quakers approve gay weddings (The New Zealand Herald) - The Quakers have put themselves on a collision course with both the Government and fellow Christians by becoming the first mainstream religious organisation in the country to approve gay marriages.

Quakers approve UK gay weddings (The New Zealand Herald) - The Quakers have put themselves on a collision course with both the Government and fellow Christians by becoming the first mainstream religious organisation in the country to approve gay marriages. At a meeting in York yesterday...

Judge gives his blessing to weddings at Spiegel Farms (The Greenville News) - SPARTANBURG — A picturesque Upstate horse farm will have to stop hosting equestrian-themed weddings following a legal dispute with a homeowners associatiom — but not until several brides-to-be have their nuptials on the farm as promised, a judge ruled Wednesday.