News on Delaware

Delaware Clerk To Open Sunday, January 1 To Issue Civil Union Licenses

2011-12-02T11:00:18Z

News Castle County Clerk of the Peace Ken Boulden will open Sunday, January 1, the first day Delaware's civil union law takes effect

News Castle County Clerk of the Peace Ken Boulden has announced he'll open Sunday, January 1, the first day Delaware's civil union law takes effect, the Hawaii officials expect to begin issuing civil union licenses for gay and lesbian couples by December 3

Hawaii officials expect to begin issuing civil union licenses for gay and lesbian couples by December 3, the Honolulu Star Advertiser reported.

However, Hawaii's civil unions law won't take effect until January 1, 2012, and civil union licenses expire aft...

Delaware to be eighth state to recognize gay civil unions

2011-04-18T10:30:46Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Delaware governor Jack Markell is expected to sign into law a bill that will make the state the eighth to recognize civil unions for same-sex couples, his office said on Friday.
The A bill that would give gay and lesbian couples many of the benefits and responsibilities of marriage has been introduced in Delaware
A bill that would give gay and lesbian couples many of the benefits and responsibilities of marriage has been introduced in Delaware.

Democratic Senator Dave Sokola introduced his civil unions bill at an event held outside Legislative Hall on Tuesday.

The gay righ...

Delaware Conservatives Begin Campaign Against Gay Unions Bill

2011-03-13T09:30:13Z

Conservatives in Delaware have begun a campaign to defeat a measure that would offer gay couples many of the benefits of marriage
Social conservatives in Delaware have begun a campaign to defeat a measure that would offer gay and lesbian couples many of the benefits and responsibilities of marriage.

The gay rights group Equality Delaware announced last month that it was helping lawmakers draft legislation t...

Winter Weather

2010-12-27T08:32:17Z
Benson Okumu, left, on his way home to Delaware, sits in New York's Pennsylvania Station as he and others wait for trains delayed or cancelled due to a severe winter storm Monday Dec. 27, 2010. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)
Copyright 2010 Delaware Republican Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell waves before giving her concession speech to supporters in Dover, Del. O'Donnell will offer her take on the campaign and her ''frustrations'' with the political process, Massachusetts' John Griffin eludes the grasp of Delaware's Anthony Bratton in the second half of an NCAA college football game in

Burying The Hatchet

2010-11-04T14:32:15Z
Aubrey Spicer, 4, left, watches the parade with former Delaware Republican Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell, right, during Return Day, Thursday, Nov. 4, 2010, in Georgetown, Del. Political candidates from across Delaware are gathering to make ame...

Delaware Senate

2010-10-19T14:05:34Z
Delaware candidates for U.S. Senate Christine O'Donnell, right, and Chris Coons shake hands at the end of their debate at Widener Law School in Wilmington...