France's Constitutional Council ruled to uphold it's gay marriage ban. The Council declared that such a ban is constitutional after deliberating a lawsuit by a lesbian couple seeking the same rights for their children as heterosexual married couples.
The Hawaiian State Senate has approved civil unions for same-sex couples. The state also recently nominated a lesbian judge to its Supreme Court.
A lesbian couple has been granted permission to walk together in a procession at a high school pep rally in Minnesota. Originally, the teen couple wasn't permitted to do so and filed a lawsuit against their school district, which has since been dropped.
